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Giovanni Battista Bassani
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Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650?, Padua - October 1, 1716, Bergamo) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist. It is thought that Battista studied in Venice under Daniele Castrovillari and in Ferrara under Giovanni Legrenzi. Charles Burney and John Hawkins claimed he taught Arcangelo Corelli, but there is no solid evidence for this assertion. He was an organist at the Accademia della Morte in Ferrara from 1667, but had probably left by 1675. He published his first music in 1677; the title page calls him maestro of music at the Confraternità della Morte in Finale Emilia, not far from Modena. He was maestro di cappella at Duke Alessandro II della Mirandola's court at 1680, and was elected principe at the Accademica Filarmonica in Bologna. He became maestro di cappella at the Accademia della Morte in Ferrara in 1683, and then maestro di cappella at Ferrara Cathedral in 1686. For his contributions to the musical life of Ferrara, he was often called "Bassani of Ferrara". He wrote 76 liturgically ordered services for use at Ferrara Cathedral between 1710 and 1712. He became director of music at S Maria Maggiore in Bergamo in 1712, and also taught at the Congregazione di Carità in the same city until his death. Bassani was a celebrated violinist in his own time, and his fame was compounded by Burney's praise for him. His trio sonatas are his best-known and most often performed pieces in modern times. He wrote 13 oratorios, but only four survive, and all 13 of his operas hav
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Bassani: In caligine umbrosa: IV. Ardendo suspiro... Jam gratae memoriae
7852Il musico svogliato
2253Armonici entusiasmi di Davide, Op. 9, Psalm 69 "Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina": Psalm 69, "Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina": Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina
1934Sonata a tre in re maggiore: III. Vivace
1845Sonata a tre in re maggiore: II. Adagio
1576Sonata a tre in re maggiore: I. Allegro - Presto
1107"Ah se tu dormi ancora…Posate, dormite"
1098Sonata No. 1 in A Minor: IV. Adagio - Prestissimo - Adagio, E Forte - Prestissimo
979Ah, se tu dormi ancora
7010La tromba della divina misericordia: Overture
49albums
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Bassani: Armonici entusiasmi di Davide, Op. 9
Bassani: Sinfonie, Op. 5
Bassani: Balletti, Correnti, Gighe e Sarabande - Opera prima
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Bassani: La Morte Delusa
Un concert pour Mazarin
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Ancient Arias & Sacred Songs
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Corelli Bolognese - Trio Sonatas by Corelli and his Successors
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Sances : Stabat Mater & Motets to the Virgin Mary
La Morte Delusa
Bassani: L'Armonia delle Sirene
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Breathtaking
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Bassani, G.B.: Tromba Della Divina Misericordia (La) / Sonata A 3, Op. 5, No. 8 / Toccata