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Antonio Lotti (1667 – 1740) was born in Venice and started singing at St Mark’s in 1687. He later became the organist at St Mark’s, eventually becoming maestro di cappella in 1736 Lotti’s music was influential amongst his contemporaries, and there are surviving manuscripts of his music which were written out by Handel, and Lotti’s music is also believed to have been included in Bach’s library. This is one of the three settings of the Crucifixus by Lotti; the other two are for eight and ten voices respectively. All three were composed between 1717 and 1719.