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Giorgio Matteoli

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The creator of the Valotti tuning system and a clergyman.Valottis Antiphon of the Virgin Mary!Francesco Antonio Valotti was an 18th-century Italian musician who devised the Valotti Tuning System, a unique method of tuning, and was also a composer, music theorist, organist, and clergyman.His friend Giuseppe Tartini praised the Valotti Tuning System in a treatise published in 1754, and Valotti is also known to have continued his studies of harmony and counterpoint theory alongside his work as a clergyman.The Antiphony of the Virgin Mary, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and now recorded for the first time worldwide, is a little-known work for soprano solo and string ensemble.The ensemble features Ensemble Festa Rustica, founded in 1994 by Rome-based early music performer Giorgio Matteoli, joined by Italico Splendorea group that shot to fame through the Vitali Project on the Tactus , which shot to