Education
He studied music at Bologna in the Franciscan Monastery, under Father Giovanni Battista Martini.
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He studied music at Bologna in the Franciscan Monastery, under Father Giovanni Battista Martini.
He published a textbook on the theoretical elements of music, in 1789, in three volumes, a treatise on fugues, in 1802. He also contributed to the use of numerical signatures of musical harmony. In May 1807, he was elected to the Accademia Italiana.