Francesco Antonio Urio was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.

Urio was a member of the Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 order and held maestro di cappella posts in Rome, Venice, Milan, Genoa, Assisi, Urbino and Spoleto. He composed sacred music such as oratorios.

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...

 reused Urio's work, including parts of the Te Deum, in his own works (such as Israel in Egypt and the Dettingen Te Deum

Dettingen Te Deum

The Dettingen Te Deum is a canticle in D major composed by George Frideric Handel in 1743.-Background:On 27 June 1743, the British army and its allies, under the command of King George II and Lord Stair, won a victory at the Battle of Dettingen, over the French army, commanded by the Maréchal de...

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Works

• Te Deum
• Motetti di concerto a due, tre, e quattro voci, con violini, (Abschrift im Liceo Musicale Bologna)
• Tantum ergo for Soprano and bass continuo (Abschrift in der Bibliothek des Royal College of Music London)
• Oratorium Gilard ed Eliada