Choir; Orchestra; Early
Music
SKU:
UT.TME-1
Composed by
Giovanni Battista
Bassani. Edited by
Elisabetta Pasquini.
Hardback (Cloth Hard
Cover). Tesori Musicali
Emiliani (Emilian Musical
Treasures). Classical. Ut
Orpheus #TME 1. Published
by Ut Orpheus (UT.TME-1).
ISBN 9790215316096. 9
x 12 inches.
P
erformance Material on
Hire
[S
olo: SAATB - Str -
Bc]
Thanks to its
patron the Duke Francesco
II, Modena became a
capital city worldwide
for the oratorio genre:
renowned maestro di
cappella in Ferrara, also
Bassani wished to offer
to the Duke his own work,
setting aside for him the
summit of his melodic and
dramaturgical
inventiveness.
Accordi
ng to the documents that
we have, the performance
of Giona was
Bassani's debut at the
court of Francesco II.
Born in Padua around
1650, the composer
carried out the main part
of his activities in
Ferrara, where he was
organist (probably from
1667), and maestro di
cappella at the
Accademia della Morte
(from 1683), and
subsequently also at the
Cathedral (from 1686); he
also became a member of
the Accademia Filarmonica
of Bologna (in 1677) and
was committed to
Alessandro II Pico, Duke
of Mirandola and Marquis
of Concordia. In 1712 he
moved to Bergamo, where
he was maestro di
cappella at S. Maria
Maggiore; he died there
on 1st October 1716.
Before his commission in
Modena, the <> - as he was
often called at that time
- had already printed
seven instrumental and
vocal works as well as a
few operas and
oratorios.
