Francesco Cavalli

Francesco Cavalli (February 14 1602 – January 14 1676), Italian composer, was born at Crema. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron, a Venetian "nobleman".

References and further reading

• Manfred Bukofzer, Music in the Baroque Era. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1947. ISBN 0393097455
• Jane Glover, Cavalli. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 1978. ISBN 0312125461
• Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0486281515

Parts of this entry originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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