A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ciaja, Azzolino della

CIAJA, Azzolino Bernadino Della, born at Siena 1671, composer, organist, and amateur organ-builder. Besides his published works—'Salmi concertati' (Bologna 1700), 'Cantate da camera' (Lucca 1701, and Bologna 1702), 'Sonate per cembalo' (Rome 1727), he left in MS. 3 masses, 18 preludes and organ-sonatas. In 1733 Ciaja, as a Knight of St. Stephen, presented a magnificent organ to the church of that order in Pisa, still one of the finest in Italy, containing 4 manuals and 100 stops. He not only superintended its construction but personally assisted the workmen.

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