Marco Scacchi

Marco Scacchi (c. 1600 – 7 September 1662) was an Italian composer and writer on music. Born in Gallese, Lazio, Scacchi studied under Giovanni Francesco Anerio in Rome. He was associated with the court at Warsaw from 1626, and was kapellmeister there from 1628 to 1649. His 1643 treatise Cribrum musicum accused Paul Siefert of having poor technique, leading to a war of words which lasted years.