Francesco Beretta (born 1640 in Rome; died 6 July 1694 in Rome) was an Italian organist, composer and Kapellmeister[1][2] and a predecessor of Paolo Lorenzani - a pupil of Orazio Benevoli - at the Cappella Giulia of St.
Beginning with the year 1664 he advanced to be the director of music at the Chiesa Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome.
[6] There is a copy of a mass for 4 choirs and 16 voices - the so-called Missa mirabiles elationes maris,[5] which had been done by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, who additionally added some parts.
[6][7] The mass Dies iste celebratur is claimed to have been created for the cardinal M. Santacroce, the bishop of Tivoli, in 1558 in order to celebrate a votive consecration.
[1] He composed lots of antiphons, offertories and masses in the so-called Roman style.