Where can I find music by Puccini's great-grandfather?!

Question: I have read that Giacomo Puccini had a great-grandfather who lived in the Baroque era, who was also an opera composer named Giacomo Puccini. I am curious, so I would like to order scores or recordings of works by this composer.

This is a difficult topic to research, because if I entered "Giacomo Puccini" as a search word, I would get hundreds of websites about the better-known Giacomo Puccini. Does anyone know anything about this composer?

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Answers: I have read that Giacomo Puccini had a great-grandfather who lived in the Baroque era, who was also an opera composer named Giacomo Puccini. I am curious, so I would like to order scores or recordings of works by this composer.

This is a difficult topic to research, because if I entered "Giacomo Puccini" as a search word, I would get hundreds of websites about the better-known Giacomo Puccini. Does anyone know anything about this composer?

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Great-great-grandfather Giacomo (1712-1781)
Great-grandfather Antonio.
Grandfather Domenico.
Father Michele.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924).
Composer's son Antonio.
Simonetta Puccini, the 7th generation, only direct descendant of Giacomo (1858-1924).

20 works by Giacomo Puccini "Senior" are published by Hinshaw Music
http://www.hinshawmusic.com/search_resul...

Including the wonderful

Magnificat in D (1763) for mixed voices, S.A.T.B., with keyboard
by Giacomo Puccini; edited Martin Banner
Type: Musical Score, Language: Latin
Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Hinshaw Music, ?1999.
For Voices, 2 horns, 2 trumpets and strings. "Based upon the autograph score located in the library of the Istituto Musicale 'L. Boccherini' in Lucca, Italy, F.P.G. 26". Instrumental parts published.
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Other publisher:
Il martirio di San Valentino (1754) : edizione critica
by Giacomo Puccini; Chiara Comastri
Type: Musical Score Language: Italian Pagine n° 214
Publisher: Pisa : Edizioni ETS, 2005. 18.00€
http://www.edizioniets.com/
ISBN: 884670858X 9788846708588
Oratorio. For solo voices (SSTTB), chorus (SSTB), and orchestra. Italian words; also printed as text with English translation preceding score. Libretto by the composer. Introductory material in Italian and English; critical commentary in Italian.
Description: 1 score (xxviii, 210 p.) : ill., facsims., port. ; 30 cm.
Copies cataloged in 13 libraries in the U.S.
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There may be some music for Giacomo "Sr" preserved at the 'Casa dei Puccini, Cella'.
"The upper floor is devoted to Puccini’s ancestors, to family mementos (among
them the baptismal garment and the crib of the Puccini children)
and to documents that belong more strictly to a museum."
http://www.turismo-lucca.it/puccini/eng/...

Also search The Puccini Companion By William Weaver, Simonetta Puccini.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0...
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I wish I could order "Il martirio di San Valentino," but the publisher only accepts orders from Italy, and I'm in South Korea. Report It

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