ANERIO, FELICE (156o-1614), composer. He studied under Nanino, and succeeded Palestrina in 1594 as composer to the papal chapel. Masses and motets of his are printed in Proske's Musica Divina and other modern anthologies. The I2 part Stabat Mater in vol. vii. of Palestrina's works may have been by Felice Anerio.
His brother, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO, also a composer, was born about 1567, and died 162o.