In the history of music, Francesco Cavalli is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Francesco Cavalli as Italian composer (1602–1676).
Francesco Cavalli was born at Crema in 1602. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as organist, opera composer and chapelmaster.
The instruments recorded are organ.
His work is classed as opera.
Among his best-known works are Giasone, Artemisia and Egisto. Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
That the work came out of Italy shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Francesco Cavalli died in 1676, aged 74. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Giasone
- Notable work: Artemisia
- Notable work: Egisto
- Notable work: La Calisto
- Instruments: organ
- Genres: opera
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