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Nov 01, 1561 Rovinj, Istria County, Croatia Died on 24 Feb 1641 (aged 79)
Italian composer
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About Francesco Usper
- Francesco Usper (real name Spongia or Sponga) (1 November 1561 – 24 February 1641), was an Italian composer and organist born in Parenzo, Istria (now Porec, Croatia).
- He settled in Venice before 1586 and is associated with the confraternity St.
- Giovanni Evangelista, Venice.
- He spent most of his life there, serving as organist, chaplain, manager of the adjoining church (the S.
- Salvador) and administrative officer.
- Usper studied under Andrea Gabrieli and apparently became a fairly well known composer; he collaborated in the writing of a Requiem mass (now lost) with Giovanni Battista Grillo and Claudio Monteverdi for the Grand Duke Cosimo II, and he served as substitute organist at St.
- Mark's in 1622 and 1623.
- Although his music tended towards conservatism, he shows his ability to handle with skill sensitivity to the instrumental styles just emerging in the early 17th century.
