Home › Entities › Human › Agostino Steffani

Agostino Steffani

Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer (1654-1728)
Person Human Q395725
Agostino Steffani
Heinrich Eduard Winter · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[36]
Date of birth
July 25, 1654
Date of death
February 12, 1728
Place of birth
Castelfranco Veneto
Place of death
Frankfurt
Country of citizenship
Republic of Venice, Brunswick-Lüneburg[11][12]
Occupation
classical composer, diplomat, Catholic priest (1680–present), music theorist, singer, organist, Catholic bishop (1707–present), composer, chapelmaster, auxiliary bishop, titular bishop, musician[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Employer
Heidelberg University[27]
Position held
chapelmaster, Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (1709–1723), Vicariate Apostolic of Upper and Lower Saxony (1726–1728), Wikidata item (1706–1728), vicar apostolic, abbot (1683–present), rector, auxiliary bishop[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[35]
Notable work
Henrico Leone, Servio Tullio, Niobe, regina di Tebe, Orlando generoso, Tassilone, Amor vien dal destino[28][29][30][31][32][33]
Genre
opera[39]
Work location
Munich, Hanover, Münster[44][45][46]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Italian, German, French, Spanish, Latin
Student of
Johann Kaspar Kerll (1668–1671), Ercole Bernabei (1672–1674)[47][48]
Archives at
Lower Saxony State Archive[40]
Consecrator
Lothair Francis of Schönborn
Described by source
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers
Different from
Wikidata item
Family name
Steffani[41]
Given name
Agostino[42]
Instrument
organ, harpsichord[49][50]
List of works
list of compositions by Agostino Steffani
Show all 28 facts +4
Member of
Academy of Ancient Music (1724–1728)[34]
Movement
Baroque, Baroque music[37][38]
Place of burial
Frankfurt Cathedral[10]
Pseudonym
Gregorio Piva[43]
🏷️ Also known as
en Agostino Steffani he אגוסטינו סטפאני ja アゴスティーノ・ステッファーニ ko 아고스티노 스테파니 ro Agostino steffani ru Агостино Стеффани ru Стеффани Агостино sv Steffani, Agostino
🔖 Identifiers · 103
ISNI
0000000121367109
VIAF cluster ID
64193200
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84105378
GND ID
118798561
AGORHA UUID
700e3e03-22e9-4276-8e83-259cf843785b
Academic Tree ID
60003
Alvin ID
alvin-person:65238
BBC Things ID
a90b167a-f04a-4609-9b84-33fbc789f3b9
BIBSYS ID
90294508
BMLO ID
s1721
Bach digital person ID
00004917
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13900034f
Show all 103 identifiers +91
Biblissima authority ID
Matriz
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
8028
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
steffani-agostino
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01432232, cnp02290329
CONOR.SI ID
59688547
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12092914
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe ID
A006556
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1007174
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
14284b
Catholic Hierarchy person ID
steff
CiNii Research ID
1140282266684068992
Classical Archives composer ID
3401
CoBiS author ID
95a5yja38danyn2f61b5yc1q6gvk0e0
DBC author ID
87097992226905
DDB person (GND) ID
118798561
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118798561
Dezède person ID
41991
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
118798561
Discogs artist ID
2985728
Dizionario della Musica in Italia ID
002871_Steffani_Agostino
ELNET ID
a12564758
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
188337
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Agostino-Steffani
Europeana entity
agent/base/149620
Evene ID
agostino-steffani-2019351
FAST ID
134186
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118798561
FactGrid item ID
Windhoek East Constituency
Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
1313
Freebase ID
/m/02vpk7
GTAA ID
1453029
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
agostino-steffani
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0064088
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
10978
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Agostino_Steffani
Grove Music Online ID
26611
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/704726562673
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
57958
Hyperion Records person ID
C4747
IMSLP ID
Category:Steffani,_Agostino
IdRef ID
080733751
IxTheo authority ID
079574033
J9U entity ID
987007284199705171
KBR person ID
14231474
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118798561
Kallías ID
PE00573640
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
177571
Lex ID
Agostino_Steffani
Libraries Australia ID
65960394
Libris-URI
zw9cfxfh2phd9z6
LiederNet composer ID
28994
MGG Online ID
532703
MMB ID
82758
MusicBrainz artist ID
e5c1744b-6bdb-4ee4-a189-e82f24eed66c
Musicalics composer ID
82298
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000239544
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03384292
NDL Authority ID
001136837
NE.se ID
agostino-steffani
NL CR AUT ID
jn20040105005
NUKAT ID
n2007004627
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000553102
National Library of Latvia ID
000049313
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:yk7;=B7
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810704342305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1769151
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
097271349
Niedersächsische Personen ID
1043228365
Obálky knih ID
jn20040105005
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3979444
Open Library ID
OL2514063A
OpenMLOL author ID
51623
PUG authority ID
243584
Parsifal cluster ID
885428
Personendatenbank Germania Sacra ID
051-02598-001
Polish Music Library PBM ID
steffani-agostino
RERO ID (legacy)
A003860176
RILM ID
16977
RISM ID
people/30004715
Related category
Category:Compositions by Agostino Steffani
SBN author ID
TO0V074708
SELIBR ID
228555
SHARE Catalogue author ID
221225
SNAC ARK ID
w66d605b
Topic's main category
Category:Agostino Steffani
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
agostino-steffani
UOM ID
59891
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/272193
Wissens-Aggregator Mittelalter und Frühe Neuzeit ID
WIAG-Pers-EPISCGatz-10758-001
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwmRWrGxWrPB9KKbbfyVC
Yale LUX ID
person/3c47fb39-d837-4c7c-b673-a0aa5f83db54

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
composer, singer, diplomat, organist, Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, music theorist
Described by source 5
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie
Languages spoken, written or signed 5
German, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian
Position held 4
abbot, rector, chapelmaster, auxiliary bishop
Country of citizenship 2
Republic of Venice, Brunswick-Lüneburg
Instrument 2
harpsichord, organ
Mb:composer 2
Henrico Leone, Henrico Leone
Movement 2
Baroque, Baroque music
Student of 2
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Ercole Bernabei
Work location 2
Munich, Hanover
← Mb:teacher 2
Johann Kaspar Kerll, Ercole Bernabei
Compositions 1
Niobe, regina di Tebe
Consecrator 1
Lothair Francis of Schönborn
Employer 1
Heidelberg University
FactGrid item ID 1
Windhoek East Constituency
Genre 1
opera
Instance of 1
human
Member of 1
Academy of Ancient Music
Notable work 1
Niobe, regina di Tebe
Place of birth 1
Castelfranco Veneto
Place of burial 1
Frankfurt Cathedral
Place of death 1
Frankfurt
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
Teachers 1
Johann Kaspar Kerll
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Agostino Steffani was born on July 25, 1654[1], in Castelfranco Veneto[2]. He died on February 12, 1728[3], in Frankfurt[4]. He worked as a classical composer[5], diplomat[6], Catholic priest[7], music theorist[8], and singer[9].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[51]

  • Country: IT[52]

  • Began / founded: 1654-07-25[53]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1728-02-12[54]

  • Community tags: composer, italian composer[55]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e5c1744b-6bdb-4ee4-a189-e82f24eed66c[56]

FAQs

Where was Agostino Steffani born?

Agostino Steffani was born in Castelfranco Veneto[2].

Where did Agostino Steffani die?

Agostino Steffani passed away in Frankfurt[4].

What did Agostino Steffani do for work?

Agostino Steffani worked as a classical composer[5], diplomat[6], Catholic priest[7], music theorist[8], and singer[9].

Related Entities

Castelfranco Veneto Republic of Venice

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [9] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [15] ↑ . Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [19] ↑ . Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [40] ↑ . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [41] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [42] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [43] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [28] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [29] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [30] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [31] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [32] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [46] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  47. [47] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [48] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [49] ↑ . Neue Deutsche Biographie. deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Agostino Steffani. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/agostino-steffani
MLA “Agostino Steffani.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 13 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/agostino-steffani.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_agostino-steffani_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Agostino Steffani}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/agostino-steffani}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-13}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Agostino Steffani — https://4ort.xyz/entity/agostino-steffani (retrieved 2026-11-13)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/agostino-steffani · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Munich, Hanover, Münster
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65838: Import places from GND"
  2. 12d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63513: add missing info to P1343=DtBio"
  3. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → classical composer, diplomat, Catholic priest +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #61951: Import professions from Lower Saxony Biography"
  4. 4w ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim references: Date of death: 12 February 1728, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon (OKA bot task 2)"
  5. 16w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Matriz
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q423427, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  6. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vatican Library VcBA ID → 495/272193
    "Created claim: Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/272193, batch #260994"
  7. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 118798561
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 118798561, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  8. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 885428
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 885428, batch #259862"
  9. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Wikidata item
    "Created claim: Different from: Wikidata item, using Frettie/consistency check add.js"
  10. 23w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vatican Library VcBA ID → 495/272193
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #35339: add P1810 to P8034"
  11. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → classical composer, diplomat, Catholic priest +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32085: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.