Francesco Basili

Background

Francesco was born in February 1766, in Loreto, Italy.

Education

Between 1720 and 1775 he was a pupil of his father Andrea Basili, later of Jannaconi at Rome.

Career

Francesco Basili was a conductor at Foligno, Macerata and Loreto, and up to 1824 brought out 2 operas and several "dramatic oratorios" in Rome, Naples, Florence, Milan and Venice. In April 1827 he used to be a censor of Milan Conservatory. In 1837, conductor at St. Peter's, Rome.

Achievements

• Wrote psalms, motets, litanies, a Miserere, a Magnificat, a Requiem (for Jannaconi, 1816), symphonies, piano forte sonatas, songs.

Connections

He was a pupil of his father Andrea Basili.