Alessandro Stradella

Antonio Alessandro Boncompagno Stradella was an Italian composer of the middle Baroque period. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, and collaborating with distinguished poets, producing over three hundred works in a variety of genres. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessan...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)