Francesco Gasparini
Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727)[1][2][3][4] was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England.
Biography
Born in
Ambleto, 1705) though this was not based on Shakespeare
's play.
Gasparini was also a teacher, the instructor of
Metastasio
was betrothed to his daughter. He died in Rome in 1727.
Works
Operas
See List of operas by Francesco Gasparini.
Other
- Missa canonica for four voices and basso continuo (Venice, 1705)[5]
Reception
Gasparini's works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England.
Missa canonica
Gasparini's Missa Canonica was known to
Recordings
- Il Vecchio Avaro; Gloria Banditelli - Fiammetta, Antonio Abete - Pancrazio, Il Viaggio Musicale - orchestra, Alessandro Bares - maestro di concerto. Bongiovanni - Bologna GB 2210-2. (1998)
- Dori & Daliso – Mirena & Floro, Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata, director, Symphonia SY 03207 (2004)
- Cantate da Camera a voce e basso continuo – Susanna Rigacci soprano; Gabriele Micheli harpsichord. Tactus TC 660701 (2004)
- Il Bajazet – Auser Musici; Carlo Ipata, director; Giuseppina Bridelli, soprano; Ewa Gubańska, mezzo-soprano; Benedetta Mazzucato, contralto; Giorgia Cincirpi, mezzo-soprano; Antonio Giovanni, countertenor; Filippo Mineccia, countertenor; Raffaele Pè, countertenor; Leonardo De Lisi, tenor. Glossa GCD923504 (2015)
- Arie Sacre -Eleonora Alberici, soprano; Mario Genesi, harsichord (2007), includes motect "Panis Angelicus" by F. Gasparini
References
- ISBN 0-14-190976-5. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-81-087825-9. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-81-087392-6. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Gasparini, Francesco". Auser Musici. 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Neuaufgefundenes Bach-Autograph in Weißenfels at lisa
.gerda-henkel-stiftung .de - Bach-Archiv Leipzig. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ISBN 0-19-861459-4
- Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francesco Gasparini.
- Free scores by Francesco Gasparini at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by Francesco Gasparini in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)