About Alessandro Della Ciaia
Lived 1605 – 1670 (aged 64–65). Alessandro Della Ciaia was a composer.
To be distinguished from a later composer Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaia (1671-1755)
Alessandro Della Ciaia (c. 1605-c. 1670) was an Italian nobleman and amateur composer.
He obtained texts to his madrigals through membership of literary academies in Siena.
Works Madrigali Op. 1 Venice (1636) Lamentatione sagre Op. 2 (1650) Sacri modulatus. Op. 3 inc. Lamentatio virginis, (1666)
Selected discography Lamentatio virginis, 1666 on Love and Lament Netherlands Bach Society Jos van Veldhoven, Channel Classics CCS 17098 Lamentationi Sagre op.2, 1650, Roberta Invernizzi & Laboratorio '600, Glossa Music, GCD 922903
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Who was Alessandro Della Ciaia?
Italian composer
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Alessandro Della Ciaia was born in 1605.
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Alessandro Della Ciaia died in 1670.
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Alessandro Della Ciaia was a composer.
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