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Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
8+ albums
italian17th century
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Francesco Antonio Pistocchi was an Italian composer and singer (b Palermo, 1659; d Bologna, 13 May 1726). He was a child prodigy, singing in public at the age of three and publishing his first work, Capricci puerili, at the age of eight. His father Giovanni was a violinist in the cappella musicale at S Petronio, Bologna, from 9 September 1661. In May 1670 Francesco was employed there occasionally as a singer and in 1674 he was given a regular position as a soprano. However, because of their frequent absences both he and his father were dismissed in May 1675. Within ten years he had embarked on a brilliant career as a contralto, performing on various Italian and German stages. From 1 May 1686 to 15 February 1695 he was in the service of the court at Parma. In 1696 he became Kapellmeister at Ansbach to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (some of his letters to whom are in D-BAa 2006). In May 1697 he went with Giuseppe Torelli to Berlin at the request of the Electress Sophia Charlotte but returned to Ansbach early in 1698. At the end of 1699 he and Torelli moved to Vienna, and in the autumn of 1700 he was in Bologna, where he performed in several churches. Between 1701 and 1708 he was occasionally engaged to sing at S Petronio, Bologna, in the newly reconstituted cappella musicale. In 1702 he was named virtuoso di camera e di cappella to Prince Ferdinando de' Medici of Tuscany. As a contralto Pistocchi was active in the principal Italian theatres. In 1675 he was the subject
top songs
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Sinfonia
132'Adriano mio sposo' (Recit. - Natalia, S.Adriano)
123'Fede insana' (Aria - S.Adriano)
124'Dovresti or, che sereno' (Aria - Claudio)
115'Claudio Claudio deh taci' (Recit. - S.Adriano, Claudio)
116'Mio Signor' (Aria - Natalia)
97'Dentro carceri oscura' (Recit. - Claudio, S. Adriano)
98'Lagrima l'alma mia' (Aria - S.Adriano)
89'Giove all'hor' (Aria - Claudio)
810'Sovvengati, che molto' (Recit. - Claudio, Massimiano)
7albums
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Il martirio di S.Andriano, Oratorio, Modena 1692 (CD)1
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Il martirio di S.Andriano, Oratorio, Modena 1692 (CD2)
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IL MARTIRIO DI SANT'ADRIANO
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Il Martirio di San Adriano
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Il Martirio di S. Adriano
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Il martirio di S.Andriano, Oratorio, Modena 1692
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Pistocchi: Il martirio di S. Andriano
Pistocchi: Il Martirio di San Adriano