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Teodorico Pedrini (Composer)

Born: 30th June 1671, Fermo, Italy

Died: 10th December 1746, Beijing, China

Nationality: Italian

Teodorico Pedrini, C.M. also known by his Chinese name De Lige (Chinese: 德理格), was an Italian Vincentian priest, musician and composer, but mainly missionary for 36 years at the Imperial Court of China.

Pedrini was born in Fermo, in the Marche, then part of the Papal States. He was the founder of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Beijing. He was the music teacher to three sons of the Qing Dynasty's Kangxi Emperor, he was co-author of the first treatise on Western Music theory ever written in Chinese: the LǜlǚZhèngyì-Xùbiān, later included in the Siku Quanshu.

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