Born in Massa e Cozzile in 1637, died in Rome in 1710; Bernardo Pasquini was a composer, organist and harpsichordist. From about 1650 he lived in Rome, was organist at Santa Maria in Aracoeli and served several Roman noble houses; in 1706 he was admitted, together with Arcangelo Corelli and Alessandro Scarlatti, to the Accademia dell’Arcadia. His output comprises operas and oratorios as well as an extensive keyboard repertoire with toccatas, suites, variations and sonatas for two harpsichords. In the Cybele catalogue his Partite sopra la Aria della Follia da Espagna are heard on Vivi felice! (2003) in an arrangement for treble recorder and harpsichord, played by Jeremias Schwarzer and Egon Mihajlovic.
Bernardo Pasquini
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