ANIMUCCIA, GIOVANNI
(c. 1500, Florence – c. 20 March 1571, Rome)
Magister cantorum at Cappella Giulia of the Vatican from 1555 until his death, between the two tenures of Giovanni da Palestrina. His two publications of Laude spirituali (1563, 1570) for the Congregazione dell’ Oratorio of St. Filippo Neri, where he was the first maestro di cappella, uses a simple homorhythmic style in preference to complex Flemish counterpoint to attract attendance. (at)