(b. Florence, mid- 17thcent.), maestro di cappella to the Duke of Tuscany, 2nd half of 17th c e n t .; to the church of Gesii di Genova, Rome, c. 1663; to S. Apollinare, Rome, 1665. He composed operas, melodramas, motets, sacred songs, vocal duets, etc. (Q.-L.).