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Giovanni Battista Bassani
Person · male · Republic of Venice · Padua · born 1650 · died 1716 · recording since 2002
Italian composer, violinist and organist
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Also known as ジョヴァンニ・バッティスタ・バッサーニ
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1650s
1710s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: La Morte Delusa
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
· Album
Album: Sinfonie, op. 5: Sonatas for Two or Three Instruments and Basso Continuo
Album
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Biography
English biography270 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1325070454
Biography
Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1 October 1716) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist.
Biography
Bassani was born in Padua. It is thought that he studied in Venice under Daniele Castrovillari and in Ferrara under Giovanni Legrenzi. Charles Burney and John Hawkins claimed he taught Arcangelo Corelli, but there is no solid evidence for this assertion. He was an organist at the Accademia della Morte in Ferrara from 1667, but had probably left by 1675. He published his first music in 1677; the title page calls him maestro of music at the Confraternità della Morte in Finale Emilia, not far from Modena. He was maestro di cappella at Duke Alessandro II della Mirandola's court in 1680, and was elected principe at the Accademica Filarmonica in Bologna. He became maestro di cappella at the Accademia della Morte in Ferrara in 1683, and then maestro di cappella at Ferrara Cathedral in 1686. For his contributions to the musical life of Ferrara, he was often called "Bassani of Ferrara". He wrote 76 liturgically ordered services for use at Ferrara Cathedral between 1710 and 1712. He became director of music at Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo in 1712, and also taught at the Congregazione di Carità in the same city until his death.
Bassani was a celebrated violinist in his own time, and his fame was compounded by Burney's praise for him. His trio sonatas are his best-known and most often performed pieces in modern times. He wrote 13 oratorios, but only four survive, and all 13 of his operas have been lost aside from a few arias from Gli amori alla moda.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -286 | 1.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:02:45
1Prima parte - Sinfonia1:462Prima parte - Lucifero: O dell'Erebo cieco ed orrendo3:323Prima parte - Giustizia: Oziosa non sied2:384Prima parte - Gloria: Su gl'omeri del bronzo5:075Prima parte - Pietà: La Pietà non tradisce6:236Prima parte - Gloria: Ma non va senza fame e senza voce5:387Prima parte - Lucifero: Sui volumi del fato2:208Prima parte - Morte: Dell'ultimo periglio2:139Prima parte - Gloria: Per aura brieve2:5710Prima parte - Gloria: Petto acceso di zelo1:5411Prima parte - Pietà: Urna d'oro a poca polve2:1112Prima parte - Lucifero: E l'ascolto, e non mordo1:2213Prima parte - Morte: Se nel troncar le salme2:5514Prima parte - Pietà: Un dolce sperare1:4315Prima parte - Tutti: Sempre di morte e dell'Inferno ad onta1:2816Seconda parte - Sinfonia2:1517Seconda parte - Pietà: Benedetto quel partire1:2418Seconda parte - Gloria: Io, con la tromba d'oro2:1319Seconda parte - Lucifero: Né bastanto i miei scorni1:1020Seconda parte - Morte: Ombre nere della tomba2:1621Seconda parte - Giustizia: Tal' è l'alta sentenza1:2522Seconda parte - Pietà: Di mia luce benigna1:4623Seconda parte - Gloria: A' siderei troni2:1224Seconda parte - Pietà: Sí, sí festeggi, sí1:0325Seconda parte - Coro di anime: Coronateci, stille di sangue1:4926Seconda parte - Tutti: Chi serve alla Pietà Pietade impetra1:05Sinfonie, op. 5: Sonatas for Two or Three Instruments and Basso Continuo
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 58 tracks · 1:21:17
Disc 11Sonata no. 2 in D minor: I. Grave1:202Sonata no. 2 in D minor: II. Presto1:063Sonata no. 2 in D minor: III. Grave3:164Sonata no. 2 in D minor: IV. Presto0:545Sonata no. 4 in D: I. Allegro1:306Sonata no. 4 in D: II. Grave2:267Sonata no. 4 in D: III. Allegro1:158Sonata no. 4 in D: IV. Adagio, e forte1:189Sonata no. 4 in D: V. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio1:1410Sonata no. 1 in A minor: I. Allegro1:4311Sonata no. 1 in A minor: II. Grave2:0612Sonata no. 1 in A minor: III. Allegro1:1413Sonata no. 1 in A minor: IV. Adagio - Prestissimo - Adagio, e forte - Prestissimo4:3014Sonata no. 3 in G: I. Allegro1:4215Sonata no. 3 in G: II. Grave2:0816Sonata no. 3 in G: III. Allegro0:5817Sonata no. 3 in G: IV. Largo0:5718Sonata no. 3 in G: V. Allegro1:1819Sonata no. 6 in F: I. Largo1:2220Sonata no. 6 in F: II. Allegro1:4821Sonata no. 6 in F: III. Grave - Adagio1:4222Sonata no. 6 in F: IV. Prestissimo0:3323Sonata no. 5 in A minor: I. Allegro2:0424Sonata no. 5 in A minor: II. Grave1:5425Sonata no. 5 in A minor: III. Vivace0:5326Sonata no. 5 in A minor: IV. Adagio0:4727Sonata no. 5 in A minor: V. Presto1:10Disc 21Sonata no. 7 in A: I. Allegro1:292Sonata no. 7 in A: II. Grave1:563Sonata no. 7 in A: III. Allegro1:104Sonata no. 7 in A: IV. Largo1:065Sonata no. 7 in A: V. Allegro, allegro1:026Sonata no. 8 in G minor: I. Grave0:347Sonata no. 8 in G minor: II. Presto1:398Sonata no. 8 in G minor: III. Grave1:149Sonata no. 8 in G minor: IV. Allegro0:5710Sonata no. 8 in G minor: V. Grave0:2611Sonata no. 8 in G minor: VI. Allegro0:4712Sonata no. 11 in D: I. Largo - Presto1:3113Sonata no. 11 in D: II. Grave1:1014Sonata no. 11 in D: III. Vivace1:0215Sonata no. 11 in D: IV. Adagio0:4916Sonata no. 11 in D: V. Presto0:2717Sonata no. 10 in C minor: I. Adagio2:1518Sonata no. 10 in C minor: II. Presto1:3719Sonata no. 10 in C minor: III. Largo2:2520Sonata no. 10 in C minor: IV. Prestissimo0:5621Sonata no. 10 in C minor: V. Grave0:2122Sonata no. 10 in C minor: VI. Presto0:4023Sonata no. 9 in C: I. Presto1:5624Sonata no. 9 in C: II. Grave1:2025Sonata no. 9 in C: III. Allegro1:2926Sonata no. 9 in C: IV. Largo0:5227Sonata no. 9 in C: V. Presto0:4328Sonata no. 12 in A: I. Largo2:0229Sonata no. 12 in A: II. Allegro1:0030Sonata no. 12 in A: III. Adagio - Largo2:4331Sonata no. 12 in A: IV. Presto0:31
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Giovanni Battista Bassani head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -286 | 1.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
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