Giovanni Battista Fasolo

Franciscan friar, organist and composer

Giovanni Battista Fasolo, O.F.M.Conv (Asti, ca. 1598 – Palermo after 1664), was a Franciscan friar, organist and composer.

In his middle years Fasolo was primarily known for his 1645 organ annual, which, like L'organo suonarino of Adriano Banchieri, from the generation before him, was intended for use in small parish churches, and are much simpler than those used in Venice. In 1659 Fasolo became maestro di cappella to the Archbishop of Monreale.

Until recently many of G.B. Fasolo's secular works were attributed to other composers, particularly the Venetian Francesco Manelli, the composer of the first commercial operas in music history, or to a third unknown composer known as "Il Fasolo?".

However following the work of Francesco Luisi, Mariangela Donà, and Claudio Bacciagaluppi the attribution of the major works under the heading "Il Fasolo?" to G.B. Fasolo is now reasonably secure, and listed under his own entry, by Eleanor Selfridge-Field, in the current New Grove.

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Works

Annuale, op. 8
Annuale, op. 8: I. Te deum
Annuale, op. 8: II. Lucis creator optime
Annuale, op. 8: III. Ave maris stella
Annuale, op. 8: IV. Christe redemptor omnium
Annuale, op. 8: IX. Veni creator spiritus
Annuale, op. 8: V. Hostis Herodes impie
Annuale, op. 8: VI. Ad coenam agni providi
Annuale, op. 8: VII. Iesu nostra redemptio
Annuale, op. 8: VIII. O lux beata trinitas
Annuale, op. 8: X. Pange lingua
Annuale, op. 8: XI. Ut queant laxis
Annuale, op. 8: XII. Aurea luce
Annuale, op. 8: XIII. Exsultet luminum
Annuale, op. 8: XIV. Deus tuorum militum
Annuale, op. 8: XIX. Decus morum dux minorum
Annuale, op. 8: XV. Iste confessor
Annuale, op. 8: XVI. Iesu corona virginum
Annuale, op. 8: XVII. Fortem virili pectore
Annuale, op. 8: XVIII. Proles de cælo prodiit
Canzon Prima, op. 8 no. 40
Lungi Lungi amor da me
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 2
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 22: I. Kyrie
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 22: II. Gloria
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 22: III. Brevis modulatio. In duas partes. Post epistolam
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 22: IV. Gravis modulatio pro offertorio
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 22: V. Sanctus – Sanctus Dominus Deus
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. 8 no. 22: VII. Agnus dei
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. no. 22: VI. Benedictus & elevation
Missa beatae Mariae virginis, op. no. 22: VIII. Brevis modulatio more gallico post Agnus
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: I. Kyrie
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: II. Gloria
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: III. Brevis modulatio post Epistolam
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: IV. Gravis modulatio pro Offertorio
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: V. Sanctus
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: VI. Benedictus & elevatio simul.
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: VII. Agnus dei
Missa in dominicis diebus, op. 8 no. 20: VIII. Brevis modulatio post Agnus
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: I. Kyrie
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: II. Gloria
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: III. Brevis modulatio post epistolam divisa in partes
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: IV. Gravis modulatio pro offertorio. In tres partes divisa
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: V. Sanctus (Octavus tonus translatus) – Sanctus Dominus Deus
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: VI. Ellevatio. Si suonera assai largo acciò si godano meglio le ligature.
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: VII. Agnus dei
Missa in duplicibus diebus, op. 8 no. 21: VIII. Brevis modulatio post Agnus Dei.