Giuseppe Corsi da Celano


Giuseppe Corsi Vangelisti better known as Celani, was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Rome, where he was Maestro di cappella. He was the teacher of Giacomo Antonio Perti and Petronio Franceschini.

Biography

Student in Rome at the Jesuit fathers under the guidance of Giacomo Carissimi he was active as an outstanding Maestro in Gallese, Città di Castello, Naples, Rome, Loreto, Ancona and Parma. Accused by the Inquisition for having "deflowered" a spinster, he was tortured and imprisoned in Rome for a few years on the orders of Pope Innocent XI in the Albornoz fortress of Narni.

Works

Works by Giuseppe Corsi da Celano, cataloged by Giovanni Tribuzio in 2014, are 83: