Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Acciajuoli, Filippo

by John Weeks Moore

Acciajuoli, Filippo. A dramatic poet and composer, born at Rome, in 1637. He wrote the words and composed the music to several operas. He is the first composer whose name we observe to a comic opera, such as was his "Girello," performed with success in 1675. His grand operas were "La Damira Placata," played in 1680, and "Ulisse."