Orazio Bassani (Cento, Ferrara before 1570 - Parma 1615), also known as "Orazio della Viola", was an Italian
viola-da-gambist. He was celebrated for his instrumental embellishments of madrigals, a few of which survive in manuscript sources. He was a colleague of
Fabrizio Dentice
Fabrizio Dentice (also Fabricio, Fabritio) (1539 in Naples – 24 February 1581 in Naples) was an Italian composer and virtuoso lute and viol player.
Fabrizio was the son of Luigi Dentice (1510–1566) who served the powerful Sanseverino family ...
and uncle of
Francesco Maria Bassani.
[''Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society of America'': Volume 36 Viola da Gamba Society of America - 1999 "Francesco Maria Bassani's notebook of counterpoint exercises Lezioni di contrapunton includes eight pieces "per viola bastarda"; three are attributed to Orazio Bassani (his uncle), and one to Vicenzo Bonizzi."]
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1615 deaths
17th-century Italian composers
Italian male composers
Viol players
16th-century births
Year of birth unknown
17th-century male musicians