Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Bernabei, Giuseppe Ant

by John Weeks Moore

Bernabei, Giuseppe Ant., son of the preceding, after following his father's steps in the study of ecclesiastical harmony, surpassed him considerably in melody and modulation, as he lived long enough to see a great relaxation in the rigor of ancient rules. Alter succeeding his father as maestro di capella to the Elector of Bavaria, by whom he was honored with the title of conseilleur aulique, and publishing several compositions for the church, replete with musical science of the first class, he lived till the year 1732, extending his existence to the great age of eighty-nine.