XV - composer of lies and strambotti) and John Paul that in 1587 he entered the convent of Scandiano (PD) belongs to the Congregation of the Rhenish Lateran Canons of SS.
In this religious order the severity and austerity of monastic life married with a keen sensitivity to the artistic decoration of the churches and a special interest in a cultural qualification through the study.
Among the major players operating in the convent Brescia remember Floriano Channels, Angelo Maria from Peschiera, Leone from Bologna, Dionysius from Fano, Peter Knights, Giovanni Artusi, Pietro Andrea Ziani, Carlo Maffei and not least John Paul Caprioli which we can thank the studies of Oscar Mischiati retrace his monastic pilgrimage: - 1587-1593 Candiana - 1594 Venice - Treviso from 1595 to 1598 - 1599 Piacenza - Bologna from 1600 to 1602 - 1603 Ravenna - 1604-1606 Candiana - 1607 Venice - Abano 1608-1609 - 1610-1621 Modena - Brescia 1622 - Modena 1623 - 1624 -1627 Candiana and abbot in Cento - 1628-1630 Brescia Among the compositions of Caprioli mention the Sonatas artificial, small but varied work that includes songs undoubtedly influenced by the beautiful works of Vecchi, motets for solo voice and as a duo in a popular language concerted, duets and chamber sonatas for an instrument high, one low and basso continuo and Sacrae Cantiones, where the motets for solo voice, with effects of echo organ, the vocal part is made florid and expressive through rapid sprints virtuosic.
1636 Bibliografia: - G. Bignami, Enciclopedia dei musicisti bresciani, Brescia, 1985 - O. Mischiati, La prassi, cit., pp.
24, 25, 74, 121 - O. Mischiati, Bibliografia delle opere dei musicisti bresciani..., Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, 1992 - Francesco Passadore, Le antologie lombarde a voce sola di C.F.Vigoni, in Tradizione e stile, A.M.I.S., Como 1989, p. 227n - O. Mischiati, La prassi musicale presso i Canonici Regolari del SS.