Viterbo, ca. 1570 - †Loreto, May 22, 1622.
In 1613, he stayed in Rome where in November his "Primo libro de' madrigali a cinque voci, con doi madrigali spirituali in fine" was printed. On February 8, 1616, he dedicated to Cardinal T. Muti, Bishop of Viterbo, his "Sacrae cantiones binis, ternis et quaternis vocibus concinendae. Liber primus. Cum basso ad organum. Opus secundum" (Venice, 1616), which possibly earned him the position of maestro di cappella at the Roman Seminary in 1619. Six days after this dedication, on February 14, 1616, four interludes composed by him, entitled "Strali d'amore, favola recitata in musica per intermedi, con l'occasione d'una comedia fatta in Viterbo..." were performed in Viterbo at the house of Count A. Maidalchini. Con alcuni madrigali,dialoghi e villanelle a una,due,& tre voci.... Opera quarta", published in Venice in 1618. The published excerpts consist of a few choruses, recitatives and arias, all rather innocuous, preceded by a long description of the plot. Of the other music in the same volume, the two solo madrigals and the solo sonnet are the most striking; the latter, "False gioie," is, like one of the madrigals, extravagantly ornamented and not unlike some pieces in Caccini's "Nuove musiche e nuova maniera di scriverle" (1614). Like several composers of the Roman school, however, Boschetti seems to have been less happy with the more modern styles, an impression also created by the rather routine concertato motets of his 1616 and 1620 volumes.
In 1620, he also became maestro di cappella of the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, replacing Cesare Zoilo. He held this post until March 17, 1622, when he succeeded Antonio Cifra as maestro di cappella of the Santa Casa in Loreto, but died only two months later.
