All that is known of Bernardo Storace’s life derives from the title-page of his sole collection of music: in 1664 he was vice-maestro di cappella to the senate of Messina, Sicily. It is not known whether he was an antecedent of the Storace family of singers and musicians active in England at the end of the 18th century. His surviving music is all contained in his Selva di varie compositioni d’intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo, published in Venice in 1664.
Composers: Bernardo Storace
Artists: Enrico Viccardi (harpsichord, organ, spinet)
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While the work of Frescobaldi was surely not unknown to Storace, the later composer’s voice is individual and original. Taken in the round, the collection presents a ‘state of the art’ of keyboard music of the time. The