Rossi, Abbate Francesco
Rossi, Abbate Francesco
Rossi, Abbate Francesco , Italian composer; b. Bari, c. 1645; d. date unknown. He was a canon in Bari in 1680. He composed the operas Bianca di Castiglia (Milan, 1674), Il Sejano moserno della Tracia (Venice, 1680), La pena degli occhi and La Clorilda (both Venice, 1688), and Mitrane (Venice, 1689); also an oratorio, La Caduta degli angeli, Requiem, Psalms, etc.
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