Biography
Benedykt Cichoszewski (born in the 1680s in Grodzisk Wielkopolski , died on July 7, 1738 in Paradyż , Greater Poland ) - Polish Baroque composer , church singer , copyist of musical works, monk (Cistercians).
He was born in Grodzisk Wielkopolski in the 1780s, he worked as a monk, singer and composer in Cistercian monasteries in Przemęt and Paradyż. A dozen or so of his compositions have been preserved in the Archdiocese Archives in Poznań.
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He composed religious, vocal and instrumental pieces, as well as concertos, referring to Italian music of the late 17th and early 18th centuries . Among his compositions, the most important are: Vesperae de Beata Maria Virgine , cantatas : Ecce iste est , Factum est silentium , O stellae lucentes and multi-part motets : Benedicta et venerabilis and Exultate fidelium turbae .
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