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Tommaso Bai

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Tommaso Bai, or Tommaso Baj, was an Italian conductor, composer, and tenor at the Vatican. He was born in Crevalcore around 1650 and died in Rome on 22 December 1714.[1] He is most well known for his Miserere, which he composed in 1713,[2][3] which imitated Gregorio Allegri's Miserere.[4] Bai was acclaimed for his intricate attention to prosody, accentuation of words, and notation.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Rupert (1939). Music Lovers' Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
  2. ^ Baggs, Charles Michael (1839). The Ceremonies of Holy-Week at the Vatican and S. John Lateran's Described and Illustrated from History and Antiquities; with an Account of the Armenian Mass at Rome on Holy-Saturday, Etc. Rome.
  3. ^ a b Proceedings of the Musical Association. Whitehead & Miller, Limited for the Musical Association. 1875.
  4. ^ Schülter, Joseph (1865). A General History of Music. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street.