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 C ...

, 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 Conductor or conduction may refer to: Music * Conductor (music), a person who leads a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra. * ''Conductor'' (album) ...

. His teacher was Tommaso Gaffi.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 l ...

, 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. P ...

Works

*''Il martirio di Santa Sinforosa e dei sette santi suoi figliuoli nobili Tiburtini'' (oratorio, libretto di F. A. Lolli, 1737,

Tivoli Tivoli may refer to: * Tivoli, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy, known for historic sites; the inspiration for other places named Tivoli Buildings * Tivoli (Baltimore, Maryland), a mansion built about 1855 * Tivoli Building (Cheyenne, Wyoming), a ...

) *''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 s ...

a 8 voci *Another 150 sacred works

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