Giovanni Battista Bassani
- Matteo Straffi, Michele Gaddi, Maximiliano Dante Texeira, Alice Molinari, I Madrigalisti Estensi, Lorenzo Baldini, Giacomo Pieracci, Gabriele Lombardi, Benedetta Mazzucato, Alice Fraccari, Arianna Stornello, Paolo Davolio
Biography
It is thought that this Italian composer, lauded violinist, and organist was the teacher of Corelli. His first oratorios were composed while in Ferrara. Bassani composed in genres that included sonatas, opera, oratorio, masses, concertos and cantatas. Extant works include arias from his opera "Gli amori alla moda". Much of Basani's work is stilted by the conventions of his time but display his verve for the violin. ~ Keith Johnson