Bernardo Storace

Bernardo Storace (fl. 1664) was an Italian composer. Almost nothing is known about his life; his only surviving collection of music contains numerous variation sets and represents a transitory stage between the time of Girolamo Frescobaldi and that of Bernardo Pasquini. Life Very little is known about his life, except that in 1664 he served as Vice-Maestro di cappella to the senate of Messina. *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 ♭ *Chaconne (Ciaccona) *Variations on the Balletto *Ballo della Battaglia *Two correntes *Two Toccata e canzon pairs *Two ricercars: **Ricercar **Ricercar di legature *Pastorale References Further reading *Apel, Willi. 1972. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700, pp.