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Fabri [Fabbri], Stefano (ii)

(b Rome, c1606; d Rome, 27 Aug 1658). Italian composer, son of stefano
Fabri (i). A pupil of G.B. Nanino, he was maestro di cappella of the Seminario
Romano, 1638–9, and of S Giovanni dei Fiorentini until 1644. While at the
Seminario Romano he presided over music for seven choirs of voices and
instruments at the centenary celebrations of the founding of the Jesuit order at
the church of the Gesù in 1639, organized by Cardinal Antonio Barberini. On 7
October 1644 he became maestro di cappella of S Luigi dei Francesi. This
position, to which Romano Micheli hoped to be appointed, should have been
assigned by competition, but the papal singers, who had already refused to
sing under Micheli because of his hostile attitude to the papal chapel, sought
and obtained the abolition of the competition and the appointment of Fabri,
who held the post until December 1656. On 25 February 1657 he was
appointed maestro of S Maria Maggiore but died 18 months later. Like his
father he seems to have published no collection of his music, though a volume
of psalms in the concertato style appeared posthumously, and he is well
represented in anthologies of the time devoted to sacred music, again by
pieces for small forces.
WORKS
[14] Salmi concertati, 5vv (Rome, 1660)
Motets in 16421, 16431, 16432, 16452, 16462, 16471, 16472, 16481, 16501, 16521,
16542, 16551, 16562

2 Mag settings, 8vv, 16vv, org, I-Bc, Rc, Rvat, S-Uu

Ps Confitebor tibi, 9vv, I-Rvat
14 motets, 2–5vv, Bc, Rvat, S-Uu
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. Casimiri: ‘Romano Micheli (1575–1659) e la Cappella Sistina del suo
tempo’, NA, iii (1926), 233–45, esp. 238
R. Casimiri: ‘“Disciplina musicae” e “mastri di cappella” dopo il Concilio di
Trento nei maggiori istituti ecclesiastici di Roma: Seminario romano –
Collegio germanico – Collegio inglese (sec. XVI–XVII)’, NA, xv (1938),
49–64, esp. 59
H. Wessely-Kropik: ‘Mitteilungen aus dem Archiv der Arciconfraternità di San
Giovanni dei Fiorentini, detta della Pietà in Rom’, SMw, xxiv (1960), 44–
60, esp. 49
G. Dixon: ‘Musical Activity in the Church of the Gesù in Rome during the Early
Baroque’, Archivum historicum societatis Jesu, xlix (1980), 323–37
J. Burke: Musicians of S. Maria Maggiore Rome, 1600–1700, NA, new ser., ii
(1984), suppl., p.18
J. Lionnet: La musique à Saint-Louis des Français de Rome au XVIIe siècle,
NA, new ser., iii (1985), suppl., pp.74–5, 80–83, 90, 95, 146
ARGIA BERTINI/NOEL O'REGAN

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