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Giacomo Antonio Perti
1756Apr, 10

Giacomo Antonio Perti

Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (b. 1661)
Giacomo Antonio Perti (6 June 1661 – 10 April 1756) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Bologna, where he was Maestro di Cappella for sixty years. He was the teacher of Giuseppe Torelli and Giovanni Battista Martini.

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