Giovanni Battista Fasolo

Giovanni Battista Fasolo (* 1598 in Asti ? † before 1680 in Palermo ) was an Italian organist and composer.

Life

Giovanni Battista Fasolo, possibly also called Il Fasolo, was a member of the Minorite Franciscan Order and worked for them as organist at various churches in Italy. In 1659 he got a job as Kapellmeister at the Archbishop's Cathedral of Monreale near Palermo, succeeding Bonaventure Rubino . He probably held this position until his death.

He was a versatile composer and, in addition to sacred and secular vocal music, also created works for guitar (as one of the first in Italy) and organ, as well as several oratorios. The organ works in particular are remarkable because of the rarity of this musical genre, for the Italy of its time and also their high quality. Only two of his nine published collections are not lost, and another collection was probably destroyed in the First World War .

Preserved works

• Op. 3 "Misticanza di Vigna alla Bergamasca; il Canto della Barchetta et altre cantate et ariette per Voce et Chitarra." Robletti Rome, 1627. The only surviving copy was owned by Dr. Oscar Chilesotti.
• Il carro di Madama Lucia. Rome, 1628. (attributed)
• Aria - Se desiate, o bella, 1629 (attributed to)
• Op. 6 motets for 2–3 voices, with a mass also for three parts (Naples, 1635)
• Op. 8 "Annuale che contiene tutto quello, che deve far un organista per risponder al choro tutto l'anno" (Venice, 1645)
• Magnificat, Beatus vir, a 5th around 1645 (attributed)
• Op. 9 aria spirituali morali, e indifferenti, 2–3 voices, with three-part dialogues and two solo arias. Palermo, 1659.

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Giovanni Battista Fasolo in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roberto Grisley: Article in the “Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani” p. 382.