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- ↑ Castrovillari, Daniele da : Oxford Music Online https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05152 "He was active as an organist in Venice, however, and is probably the 'Fra Daniele' who played the principal organ at S Antonio in Padua in 1674. Three operas ..."
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