| Asprilio Pacelli | |
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Monument in Saint John's Archcathedral in Warsaw, Poland |
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| Born | 1570 Vasciano, Stroncone, Province of Terni, Umbria, Italy |
| Died | 4 May 1623 (aged 52–53) Warsaw |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Style | Baroque |
Asprilio Pacelli (or Pecelli) (1570 – 4 May 1623) was an Italian Baroque composer. He was born in Vasciano near Narni in Stroncone, Province of Terni, Umbria, Italy; and died in Warsaw.
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He was boy chorister at Cappella Giulia. He served at two Roman churches: Santa Maria in Monserrato and Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini. Maestro di cappella of the Collegio Germanico (from 1595), he held the same position at S Pietro from 1602, but he left the post to Francesco Soriano from the 1st of January 1603; in the same year Pacelli became Maestro di cappella of King Sigismund III of Poland, who had one of the most important royal chapel in Europe.[1] He remained at that position until his death. After his death, his major patron, king Sigismund III ordered an epithaph commemorating Pacelli to be constructed in the St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw.[2] The original epithaph with composer's portrait was destroyed when the Cathedral was blown up during the Planned destruction of Warsaw,[3] it was nonetheless reconstructed after the war.