Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616 in Venice 1684 in Naples) was an Italian organist and composer. He was the uncle of Marc'Antonio Ziani. Beginning in 1669, he was the organist at St Mark's Basilica and later moved on to serve Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg in Vienna. His works included "L'Assalone punito" (1667) and the operas "La ricreazione burlesca" (1663), "L'invidia conculcata della virtù, merito, virtù, merito, valore di Leopoldo imperatore" (1664), "Cloridea" (1665), "Circe" (1665), "L'Elice" (1666) and "La Galatea" (1667). Recordings "L'Assalone punito" Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis. Symphonia 2001. References 1616 births 1684 deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians