Francesco Antonio Pistocchi

Francesco Antonio Mamiliano Pistocchi nicknamed Pistocchino (1659  13 May 1726) was an Italian singer, composer and librettist.[1]

Pistocchino was born in Palermo. He was a boy soprano prodigy, and later made his career as a castrato. From 1696 to 1700 he was maestro di cappella for the Duke of Ansbach. After 1700 he founded a singing school in Bologna, where he died. He was elected president of the Academia Filarmonica twice, in 1708 and 1710.

Works

. Bertoldo (1707)

Oratorios

. Il Martirio di San Adriano (Venice,1699) . Maria Vergine Addolorata (1698) . La fuga di Sta. Teresia (1717)

Other works

. Scherzi Musicali (collection of French, Italian and German arias) . Duetti e terzetti(1707) . 147th psalm and other church music and cantatas . Cappricci puerili variamente composti in 40 modi sopra un basso d'un balletto (pieces for the harpsichord, harp,violin and other instruments 1667)

Recordings

References

  1. Talbot, Michael, The chamber cantatas of Antonio Vivaldi, Boydell Press, 2006, p. 52. ISBN 1-84383-201-1

External links


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