Orazio Faà

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There is very little biographical information on this musician, born in Casale Monferrato in the first half of the 16th century from an aristocratic family originally from Fontanile. If F. is to be identified with Orazio Faa 'biographed by Manno, he was commissioner of the Annona in Casale in 1594; in 1588 he had been invested with Bruno's fief, which he himself had previously bought (the fief was later erected as a committee, in favor of his son Ortensio). He himself declares himself in the dedications of the works "gentleman of Casale Monferrato" and, although there is no evidence of his musical training, it is likely that it took place in his hometown, where he was in family relations with the Gonzagas, marquises of Mantua and Monferrato; this would be demonstrated by the dedication to Guglielmo Gonzaga, a musician himself, After dedicating himself also to the composition of sacred music, he published a collection of psalms and Magnificats for the interest of the canon and chapel master of the cathedral of Casale, Giovanni Andrea Botta, which would testify to the consideration that F. enjoyed in the artistic circles of the city . Among other things, according to the testimony of Botta himself who affirms that "in his honored house many virtuosos concur to recreate the soul of the harmony of his pilgrim compositions" (Martinotti), his activity as an amateur musician and belonging to the aristocratic world they favored the knowledge and diffusion of his madrigal production

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