Annibale Orgas

Annibale Orgas (c.1585-Cracov, 1629) was an Italian composer. He was first a boy soprano at the Collegium Germanicum, then 1607-1610 trained to be a deacon at the Seminario Romano. He returned to the Collegium as maestro di cappella,in Rome, and then in 1619 left Italy to take up the post of maestro di cappella at Wawel Cathedral, Cracov.^[1]

Works, editions and recordings

Sacrarum cantionum liber primus (though there never was a second book) Venice 1619
Recording of motet Omnes Gentes by St John's College, Cambridge conductor George Guest,^[2]

References

^ Companion to Baroque Music p183 Julie Anne Sadie - 1998 Orgas, Annibale ( c1585-1629). Italian musician who spent the last ten years of his life in Krakow.
^ Meridian Records 1988. with music by Paolo Quagliati (1555-1628), Agostino Agazzari (1578-1640), Abundio Antonelli, Felice Anerio etc.

Persondata
Name	Orgas, Annibale
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1629
Place of death	Cracov