Giovanni Salvatore

Giovanni Salvatore (ca.1620ca.1688) was a Neapolitan composer and organist.[1]

Salvatore was born in Castelvenere. He is thought to have studied under Giovanni Maria Sabino and Erasmo di Bartolo at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, Naples in Naples. He was first organist for the church of Santi Severino e Sossio, then maestro di cappella at San Lorenzo Maggiore (Naples). From 1662 to 1673 he taught at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini, then moved to be maestro di cappella of the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo. He died in Naples.

Works

Polychoral motets:

Recordings

References

  1. The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians, Volume 16 1980 p367
  2. Collected keyboard works 1964 84 pages
  3. Linda Lee Sokolosky Westerburg The keyboard music of Giovanni Salvatore 1973 - 316 pages
  4. Giovanni Salvatore Due Canzoni for Four Viols 1989 32 pages