Pietro Paolo Bencini

Pietro Paolo Bencini (c. 1670 – 6 July 1755) was an Italian Baroque composer and Kapellmeister. He is the father of Antonio Bencini († 13 March 1748), who was also known as a composer of sacral works.[1]

Pietro Paulo Bencini, caricature by Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1734

Life

Bencini was born into a musical family. He became maestro di cappella at several churches in Rome. His compositional output consists mostly of religious music, including several oratorios and cantatas. He was maestro di cappella at the Chiesa Nuova (The Roman Oratory) from 1705 to 1743. He left there to succeed Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743) as maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.[2] On his death he was succeeded by Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704-1778).[3]

Selected works
  • Il sacrificio di Abramo (oratorio, libretto by Giacomo Buonaccorsi)
  • Tra l'ombre piu romite (cantata)
  • Rimembranza crudele (cantata)
  • Clori che m'invaghi (cantata)
  • Jesu redemptor omnium (Christmas hymn)

References
  1. Musiciens de Rome de 1570 à 1750, informations recueillies par Jean Lionnet, réunies et publiées par Livia Lionnet
  2. Addamiano, A. and Morelli, A., L’archivio della cappella musicale di Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) a Roma nella prima metà del Seicento. Una ricostruzione, Fonti Musicale Italiane, 1997, Vol. 2, p.46
  3. "HOASM: Pietro Paolo Bencini".


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