Lodovico Fuga

Lodovico Fuga (1643-1722) was an Italian Baroque composer and organist, mainly active in Venice, where he was a cantor at St Mark's Basilica.

[1] In 1680 he succeeded Gasparo Sartorio as organist at San Rocco, Venice, a post he held until his death and where he gained a pay raise to thirty-six ducats a year in 1692.

[2] Oral tradition says that in 1682 Antonio Lotti became one of his pupils, although there is no documentary evidence.

[3] He may also have played a part in training Antonio Vivaldi.

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