Annibale Orgas
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Annibale Orgas 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.
Wawel Cathedral
The Wawel Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Stanisław and Vaclav, is a church located on Wawel Hill in Kraków–Poland's national sanctuary. It has a 1,000-year history and was the traditional coronation site of Polish monarchs. It is the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Kraków...
, Cracov.
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, CambridgeSt John's College, CambridgeSt John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
conductor George GuestGeorge GuestGeorge Guest was a Welsh organist and choral conductor.- Birth and early life :George Guest was born in Bangor, Wales. His father was an organist, and George assisted him by acting as organ blower. He became a chorister at Bangor Cathedral, and subsequently at Chester Cathedral, where he...
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