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Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727)[1][2][3][4] was an ItalianBaroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England.
Born inCamaiore, nearLucca, he studied inRome withCorelli andPasquini. His first important opera,Roderico (1694), was produced there. In 1702 he went toVenice and became one of the leading composers in the city. In 1720 he returned to Rome for his last important work,Tigrane (1724). He wrote the first opera using the story of Hamlet (Ambleto, 1705) though this was not based onShakespeare's play.
Gasparini was also a teacher, the instructor ofMarcello,Quantz andDomenico Scarlatti. He was musical director of theOspedale della Pietà, where he employedAntonio Vivaldi as a violin master. He wrote a treatise on the harpsichord (1708). At one time,Metastasio was betrothed to his daughter. He died in Rome in 1727.
SeeList of operas by Francesco Gasparini.
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Gasparini's works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England.
Gasparini'sMissa Canonica was known toJohann Sebastian Bach, who, in 1740, copied it out and—after adding parts for strings, oboes,cornett, trombone, and organ—performed itsKyrie andGloria in both theSt. Thomas Church, Leipzig andSt. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.[6]
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