Italian composer. He studied with Giovanni
Maria Casini in Florence (1707-9),
Alessandro
Scarlatti
in Naples (1709), Lavinio Felice Vannucci in Bologna (1709), and
Bernardo
Pasquini
in Rome (1709- 10). In 1715 he was appointed organist at the
Jesuit church in Rome. His keyboard collection
Sonate d'intavolatura
was published there in 1716. He settled in Córdoba in
1717, and prepared to enter the priesthood by studying philosophy
and theology. His other works include oratorios, Masses, and
cantatas.