Pietro Antonio Fiocco was born in
Venice. Little is known about his childhood and musical training in Italy, but he quickly made a name for himself. Dirck Strijcker, the son of the Dutch consul in Venice, brought him to
Amsterdam, where an opera was founded. In 1681, the booklet of
Helena rapita da Paride appeared, composed by
Domenico Freschi, for which Fiocco arranged the music. The same year, he composed a prologue for
Alceste by
Pietro Andrea Ziani sung in
Hanover in 1682, and for the
Lully operas
Amadis, Acis et Galathée, Armide and
Thésée. In the summer of 1682, he went to
Brussels to enter the service of
Eugen Alexander Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis. He married Jeanne de Latère. Named choirmaster of the church Notre-Dame des Victoires, Fiocco composed religious works, including
masses and
motets. He died in
Brussels in 1714. ==Offspring==