Tommaso Bai

Tommaso Bai, or Tommaso Baj, was an Italian conductor, composer, and tenor at the Vatican. He was born in Crevalcore around 1650 and died in Rome on 22 December 1714.[1] He is most well known for his Miserere, which he composed in 1713,[2][3] which imitated Gregorio Allegri's Miserere.[4] Bai was acclaimed for his intricate attention to prosody, accentuation of words, and notation.[3]

References

Hughes, Rupert (1939). Music Lovers' Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
Baggs, Charles Michael (1839). The Ceremonies of Holy-Week at the Vatican and S. John Lateran's Described and Illustrated from History and Antiquities; with an Account of the Armenian Mass at Rome on Holy-Saturday, Etc. Rome.
Proceedings of the Musical Association. Whitehead & Miller, Limited for the Musical Association. 1875.
Schülter, Joseph (1865). A General History of Music. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street.

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[1] Hughes, Rupert (1939). Music Lovers' Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.

[2] Baggs, Charles Michael (1839). The Ceremonies of Holy-Week at the Vatican and S. John Lateran's Described and Illustrated from History and Antiquities; with an Account of the Armenian Mass at Rome on Holy-Saturday, Etc. Rome.

[:0-3] Proceedings of the Musical Association. Whitehead & Miller, Limited for the Musical Association. 1875.

[4] Schülter, Joseph (1865). A General History of Music. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street.