Bernardo Storace

Title page of the "Selva di varie compositioni ..."

Bernardo Storace (* around 1637 ; † around 1707 ) was an Italian composer and organist of the Baroque period.

Live and act

All knowledge about Storace's life comes from the foreword to his collection published in Venice in 1664, under the full title, Selva di varie compositioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo ove si contengono capricci, e partite sopra diverse aria, toccate, canzoni, e recercari, correnti, gagliarde, balletti, ciacone, passagagli sopra varie toni e nel fine una pastorale . Here he pretends to be the vice conductor of the Senate of Messina .

The collection, in which he is based on the models of Girolamo Frescobaldi , consists of numerous variations on well-known dances and melodies of the era, including the Passacaille , Ciacona , Passamezzo , Pastorale , Romanesca , as well as on the themes of La Spagnoletta and La Monica .

Web links

Commons : Category: Bernardo Storace - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Sheet music and audio files by Bernardo Storace in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

^ New MGG : Volume 15 Columns 1562-1563

personal data
SURNAME	Storace, Bernardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian composer and organist of the Baroque era
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1637
DATE OF DEATH	around 1707

[1] New MGG : Volume 15 Columns 1562-1563