Italian composer. At least between 1670 and 1675 he was maestro di cappella of S Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, and in 1682 he held a similar position at another prominent Roman church, the Gesł. In his publication of 1670 he explained that he had earlier served the Duke of Sermoneta and claimed to have been the only pupil of Bonifatio Gratiani. H.-J. Marx [...] lists Giansetti as a 'violinespieler' at the Ottoboni palace during the period 1694-8.
Source: Giovanni Battista Giansetti quoted from Grove Music Online accessed 07 February 2010
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