JOSEPH HECTOR FIOCCO  

Joseph Hector Fiocco was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1703. He was one of sixteen children born to Pietro Antonio Fiocco, an Italian composer. In addition to his career as a composer, he was also an accomplished violinist, as well as a professor of Greek and Latin. Greatly influenced by Couperin, among his best known works are Lamentations Du Jeudi Saint, Missa Solemnis and Pieces Clavecin.