Giuseppe Corsi Vangelisti (1631/32 in Celano – after 10 March 1691 in Ancona, or Modena?) better known as Celani, was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Rome, where he was Maestro di cappella. He was the teacher of
Giacomo Antonio Perti and
Petronio Franceschini.
Student in Rome at the Jesuit fathers under the guidance of
Giacomo Carissimi he was active as an outstanding Maestro in Gallese (Altemps family), Città di Castello (Cattedrale di S. Florido), Naples (Montalto family), Rome (Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena, Chiesa Nuova), Loreto (Basilica della S. Casa: where he was ordained priest), Ancona (Cattedrale di S. Ciriaco) and Parma (Basilica di S. Maria della Steccata and Farnese family). Accused by the Inquisition for having "deflowered" a spinster, he was tortured and imprisoned in Rome for a few years on the orders of Pope Innocent XI in the Albornoz fortress of Narni.
Works by Giuseppe Corsi da Celano (sigla TriC), cataloged by Giovanni Tribuzio in 2014, are 83:
