Bernardo Storace

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Title page and table of contents from Selva di varie compositioni

Bernardo Storace (fl. mid-17th century) was an Italian composer. Nothing is known about his life, except that in 1664 he served as Vice-Kapellmeister to the senate of Messina. This fact is mentioned on the title page of Selva di varie compositioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo, the single surviving collection of Storace's music, which is also the only source of information on the composer.

Selva di varie compositioni was published in Venice in 1664. The collection contains the following works (in the original order):

Three sets of variations on the Passo e mezzo:
- Capriccio sopra il Passo e Mezzo
- Passo e Mezzo
- Altro Passo e Mezzo
Variations on the Romanesca
Variations on the Spagnoletta (Aria sopra la Spagnoletta)
Variations on the Monica
Variations on the Ruggiero (Capriccio sopra Ruggiero)
Variations on the Cinque passi (Partita sopra il Cinque passi)
Variations on the Folia (Follia)
Four passacaglias:
- Passagagli sopra A la mi re
- Passagagli sopra C sol fa ut
- Passagagli sopra D sol re per #
- Passagagli sopra Fe fa ut per b
Chaconne (Ciaccona)
Variations on the Balletto
Ballo della Battaglia
Two correntes
Two Toccata e canzon pairs
Two ricercars:
- Ricercar
- Ricercar di legature
Pastorale

[edit] References

Willi Apel. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700, pp. 731–733. Translated by Hans Tischler. Indiana University Press, 1972. ISBN 0-253-21141-7. Originally published as Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700 by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel.
Barton Hudson. "Bernardo Storace", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 17 December 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).