Cavalieri was associated in Rome with Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici as director of music:
the cardinal (he became Grand Duke of Tuscany) made him oversee of artists and craftsmen
and of vocal and instrumental musicians. Cavalieri was
composer, organist, singing teacher, dancer, choreographer, administrator and he was
active also on the diplomatic front.
During his sojourns in Rome in the 1590s he had continued to be
active at the Oratorio del Crocifisso, and in 1600 he twice presented there his
"Rappresentatione di Anima et Corpo", which is said to have been seen by entire
Sacred College.
He collaborated with Marenzio, Caccini, and Peri; he wrote Oratorios,
Lamentationes and Madrigales.
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