Giacomo Facco

Giacomo Facco (Jaime Faco) (born February 4, 1676 in Marsango , † February 16, 1753 in Madrid ) was an Italian violinist , conductor and composer of the late Baroque.

Life

During the first years of his musical life, Facco stayed in Italy. In 1705 he was Kapellmeister and violin soloist in Palermo, in 1708 in Messina. In 1720, Cardinal D. Carlos de Borja de Centelles, Archbishop of Trebizond , reported that Facco had a well-paid position at the Spanish court in Madrid, initially as an instrumentalist (harpsichordist, cellist and violinist), and from 1731 to 1739 also as conductor. Facco was the music teacher of the Infants Don Luis (later King Ludwig I ) and Don Carlos . He spent the rest of his life in the Spanish capital.

Through his work as a musician and composer, the music at the Spanish court was strongly influenced by Italian elements.

After finding a copy of the “Pensamientos Adriarmónicos” in the archive of the La Paz Collegium in Mexico City , the Italo-Mexican composer, conductor and music historian Uberto Zanolli researched Facco's life and work. In the cantatas Faccos in the French national library, he also portrays himself as a sensitive poet.

Works

• Nine stage works
• Cantatas, including the works published in 1702, the texts of which are also by Facco
  • "Clori pur troppo bella senti quel rusignuolo"
  • "In grembo ai fiori un fiore"
  • "Sentimi amor quella beltà severa"
• 6 violin concertos op. 1 Libro I with the title "Pensamientos Adriarmónicos" (1712 at Le Cène in Amsterdam)
• 6 violin concertos op. 1 Libro II with the title "Pensamientos Adriarmónicos" (1718 at Le Cène in Amsterdam)
• Chamber music for several cellos

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Giacomo Facco in the International Music Score Library Project
• Music example : Aria de Brinco from Las amazonas de España (1720)
• List of stage works at Operone

literature

• Uberto Zanolli; Giacomo Facco, Maestro de Reyes. México, Ed. Don Bosco, 1965, 272 p.