page_title: Antonio Barberini
section_title: Music
hierarchical_section_title: Antonio Barberini / Patronage of the arts / Music
caption_attribution_description: English: The Festivities in Honor of Queen Christina of Sweden in the Courtyard of Palazzo Barberini, 28 February 1656. Italiano: Festeggiamenti in onore di Cristina di Svezia a Palazzo Barberini - "La giostra dei Caroselli", dipinto con Filippo Lauri. L'evento avvenne il 28 febbraio 1656.
context_page_description: Antonio Barberini was an Italian Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, military leader, patron of the arts and a prominent member of the House of Barberini. As one of the cardinal-nephews of Pope Urban VIII and a supporter of France, he played a significant role at a number of the papal conclaves of the 17th century. With his brothers Cardinal Francesco Barberini and Taddeo Barberini he helped to shape politics, religion, art and music of 17th century Italy. He is sometimes referred to as Antonio the Younger or Antonio Barberini iuniore to distinguish him from his uncle Antonio Marcello Barberini.
context_section_description: Antonio Barberini was patron to a number of significant musicians and composers of 17th century Rome including Marco Marazzoli who he commissioned to compose various works which praised the actions of the Barberini family. Marazzoli was appointed Antonio Barberini's aiutante di camera and became a tenor in the papal chapel that same year; in 1639 he was awarded the position of musico under Pope Urban VIII. Marazzoli composed Le armi e gli amori to be given at Carnival 1655, but the papal conclave of 1655 interrupted production, and it was not given until 1656, alongside Dal male e bene and Marazzoli's latest opera, Vita humana which was composed to honor the visit of Queen Christina of Sweden.
  Fiori musicali was dedicated to Antonio Barberini in 1635. He was also said to have been a patron of Luigi Rossi.
  Outside their intimate relationship, Antonio Barberini was an ongoing patron of Marc'Antonio Pasqualini.
caption: Celebrations for Christina of Sweden at Palazzo Barberini on 28 February 1656.
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