Pietro Torri

Pietro Torri (c. 1650 – 6 July 1737) was an Italian Baroque composer. Life Torri was born in Peschiera del Garda, Republic of Venice. From 1684 to 1688, he served as the organist and choirmaster of the Margrave of Bayreuth, and later entered into the service of the Elector of Bavaria Maximilian II Emanuel. In 1692 he followed the prince with some gentlemen of the court orchestra to the Spanish Netherlands and later settled with them in Brussels where Torri married the daughter of the ballet master François Rodier. Over the following years he lived in Mons, Namur, Lille, Compiègne, and Valenciennes; where his compositions were performed. - cantata 1689 Oct/Nov Munich Name day of Elector. - serenata (tourney) 6 February 1690 Munich Tournament. - opera buffa 1691 Munich - serenata Luigi Orlandi 1691 May() Leuchtenberg For Electress Palatine. - dramatic work 1691 Jul Munich - (attr.) cantata (tourney) 1695 Oct. Brussels Birthday of Electoral Prince. - oratorio teatrale 1692–1701 Brussels? - oratorio teatrale 1692–1701 Brussels? - (attr.) dramma per musica Francesco Palmieri 1696 Feb.? Hanover Carnival. - (“Figli de’ monti”) cantata (tourney) 30 January 1702 Munich - dramatic oratorio 1