Scacchi, Marco
(*1600)
MARCO SCACCHISCACCHI, MARCOMARCO SCACCHI [* ca. 1600-† between 1681 and 1687] The Italian Marco Scacchi spent several decades as Kapellmeister at the Warsaw court and brought a progressive southern disposition to the northern musical climate. Though the ideals of the second practice had had an impact there by the 1640s, not all composers were willing converts. Particularly at odds with the new manner was Paul Siefert, a SWEELINCK pupil who defended the practice of Palestrina. Scacchi came to…