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1appointed by Clement VIII. Palestrina's successor as composer to the Pontifical Choir, in which he was installed, April 3, 1594. As a composer, Anerio is among the best of the "great" Roman period, and a worthy successor to Palestrina. His great Adoramus te, Christe, has been long wrongly attributed to Palestrina, and it is very possible that the famous Stabat Mater for three choruses, in the Altamps collection, is by him, and not by Palestrina, as Baini asserts. Published works: Three books of sacred madrigals for 4 voices, Rome, Gardane, 1585; Two books of sacred concertos for 4 voices, Rome, Coattino, 1593; First book of Hymns, Canticles, and Motets for 8 voices (dedicated to Clement VIII.), Venice, Vincenti, 1596; Second book of Hymns and Motets for 5, 6, and 8 voices, Rome, Zanetti, 1602; First book of Madrigals for 6 voices, Venice, Amadino, 1590, Antwerp, 1599; Second book of do., Rome, Zanetti, 1602; Responsorj per la settimana santa, a tre e quattro voci, Rome, Zanetti, 1603; Canzonette a tre, quattro voci, Madrigali spirituali a tre, quattro voci, ib., 1603. Some Canzoni a quattro voci were published at Frankfort-on-the-Main in 1610. Other works are in the three collections of motets and psalms published by Fabio Constantini in Rome, 1615, and Naples, 1616 and 1617, and in the Sonnetti nuovi of Fabio Petrozzi, Rome, 1609. A number of unpublished works are in MS. in the archives of Sta. Maria in Vallicella, the Vatican Basilica, the library of the Pontifical Choir, the archives of the Chiesa Nuova, the Collegio Germanico, and the library of the Abbate Santini.—Ambros, iv. 73; Grove, i. 67.
3ANERIO, (GIOVANNI) FRANCESCO, born in Rome about 1567, died (?). A younger brother of Felice Anerio. He was at first maestro di cappella to Sigismund III of Poland, and afterwards at the cathedral at Verona, whence he was called to the post of music teacher to the Seminario Romano, Rome, and became later maestro di cappella at the Church of la Madonna de' Monti, in 1600; finally, he was appointed to a similar position at the Lateran Basilica, where he remained until 1613, after which all traces of him have been lost. Although many of his works are in the pure a cappella style, Francesco Anerio belongs strictly to a later period than his brother. Some of his works, notably his six-voice Conversione di S. Paolo, have obligato instrumental parts, and in his madrigals the harmony and modulations belong no longer to the Gregorian modal system, but distinctly to modern tonality. He was one of the first Italians who used the eighth-note and sixteenth-note in writing. Published works: Il libro primo de' motetti a una, due e tre voci, Rome, Robletti, 1609; Il libro secondo de' motetti, con le letanie e le quattro antifone maggiori dopo il vespero, a sette e otto voci, Rome, 1611; Il libro terzo con le letanie a quattro voci, Rome, 1613; Il libro quarto, etc., ib., 1617; Il libro quinto, etc., ib., 1618; Sacri concentus quatuor, quinque, sex vocibus, una cum basso ad organum, ib., 1619; Selva armonica dove si contengon motetti, madrigali, canzonette, dialoghi, arie a una, doi [sic], tre e quattro voci con basso per organo, ib., 1617; Ghirlanda di sacre rose, motetti a cinque voci, Rome, Soldi, 1613; Diporti musicali, madrigali a una, due, tre, quattro voci, Rome, 1617; Antifone e sacri concerti per una, due, tre voci, Rome, Robletti, 1613; Libro di responsorj per il Natale, a tre, quattro, otto voci, ib., 1619; Libro delle letanie, Rome, Marsotti, 1626; Messa de' morti, Rome, 1620; Libro de' salmi a tre, quattro voci, Rome, Robletti, 1620; Il libro primo de' madrigali a cinque voci, Venice, Gardane, 1605; Il libro delle gagliarde intavolate per sonare nel cembalo e liuto, Venice, Vincenti, 1607; Il libro secondo de' madri-
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