Andrea Basili (

Città della Pieve Città della Pieve is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located in Valdichiana a few kilometres from the border between Umbria and Tuscany, and about southwest of Perugia and southeast of Chiusi ...

, 16 December 1705 – Loreto, 28 August 1777), was an Italian composer and music theorist. He was father of

Francesco Basili Francesco Basili (31 January 1767 – 27 March 1850) was an Italian composer and conductor. The son of Andrea Basili Andrea Basili (Città della Pieve, 16 December 1705 – Loreto, 28 August 1777), was an Italian composer and music theorist. He ...

. His teacher was

Tommaso Gaffi Tommaso Bernardo Gaffi (14 December 1667 - Rome, 11 February 1744) was an Italian baroque composer. He was a pupil of Bernardo Pasquini, organist of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, where Gaffi succeeded him in 1704. As Pasquini he enjoyed th ...

.The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice - Page 23 Giorgio Sanguinetti - 2012 "One student of Pasquini was Tommaso Bernardo Gaffi, who has left us a manuscript treatise on accompaniment, Regole per sonare su la parte.9 Gaffi taught Andrea Basili, author of an Italian counterpart of the Well Tempered Clavier, the Musica universale armonico-pratica...1736" He was maestro di capella at

Cathedral of San Lorenzo Martire, Tivoli Tivoli Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Tivoli or ''Basilica Cattedrale di San Lorenzo Martire'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to Saint Lawrence, in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. It is the seat of the bishop of Tivoli. History According to a lege ...

, then

Basilica della Santa Casa The Basilica della Santa Casa ( en, Basilica of the Holy House) is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy. The basilica is known for enshrining the house in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed by some Catholics to have lived. Pio ...

Works

*''Il martirio di Santa Sinforosa e dei sette santi suoi figliuoli nobili Tiburtini'' (oratorio, libretto di F. A. Lolli, 1737, Tivoli) *''La Passione di Gesù Cristo'' (oratorio, 1743,

Recanati Recanati () is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, ...

) *Salmi con testo parafrasato in italiano *Christus factus est a 4 voci *Christus factus est a 5 voci *3 Miserere a 8 voci *Miserere a 10 voci *Missa breve a 4 voci *Beatus vir a 4 voci *Confitebor a 4 voci *Laetatus a 4 voci *Nisi dominus a 4 voci *Ave Maria a 4 voci *Iustorum animae a 5 voci *Kyrie e Gloria a 4 voci *Salve regina a 4 voci *Fuga in ottava tono plagale sopra l'antifono Veni Sponsa Christi (1740) *Litanie a 3 voci *Miserere

double choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

a 8 voci *Another 150 sacred works

References

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