Berettari, Berrettari, Berretari, Aurelio, Aureliano, gen. Fiesoli
Biographical data unknown, fl. 1654-1661 in Fiesole, composer.
Berettari lived in the 17th century and belonged as a clergyman to the Congregation of S. Girolamo in Fiesole as can be seen from the title pages of his three surviving works. Nothing is known about his life.
Works
Motetti a voce sola op. 1, Vdg. 1654
Compieta da capella 8 v. with b.c. (organ) ad lib., con le
letanie 8 v. with 8 instr. ad lib. op. 3, ibid. 1656
Liber primus missarum 4-5 v., op. 4, Mld. 1661
Berettari's compositions are all sacred and basically concertante, either solo or polychoral.
MGG