Fabio Ursillo

Fabio Ursillo (* late 17th century in Rome ; † 1759 Tournai ) was an Italian composer and lutenist .

Life

Ursillo stayed in Rome around 1720 . A short time later he met Count Franz Ernst von Salm-Reifferscheidt (1698–1770) there or in Naples . When he became Bishop of Tournai in 1725 , he remained in his service. Ursillo changed jobs frequently, he worked in France from 1730, returned to the service of the Bishop of Tournai in 1733, worked at the court of Württemberg from 1744, and returned to Tournai from 1746. The bishop guaranteed him an annual salary of £ 1,200 from that date, plus accommodation, food, lamp oil, and clothing.

Works

• 6 Sonate da camera for flute and bc op.1 (Paris, 1731)
• 6 trio sonatas for flute, violin and bc op. 2 (Paris, 1737) under the title "Six sonates en trio Pour le Violon Flûte Et Basse continüe Dediées A SAR La Princesse d'Oranges Oeuvre 2e, Paris, 1737"
• 6 trio sonatas for 2 violins and cello op.3 (Amsterdam, 1748)
• 6 trio sonatas 2 violins and Bc op.5 (Paris, undated)
• 6 trio sonatas, 2 violins and bc (London, 1756)
• Symphonies
• Flute Sonatas (Amsterdam, 1748) and (Amsterdam, 1758) ( Mentioned by Fétis )
• Flute sonatas, concerti grossi , fantasies for theorbo

Web links

• 3 collections of trio sonatas in the Bibliothèque nationale de France