Pasquale Cafaro (1708-1787)
- Stabat Mater | Musica a quattro voci e a due in canone |
con
violini, viola, e basso (1784)
Performers: Paola Busci (soprano); Maria Luisa Sanchez Carbone
(mezzo-soprano);
Ars Cantica; Il Viaggio Musicale; Giovanni Acciai
(conductor)
Further info: Stabat Mater Dolorosa
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Italian teacher and composer. In 1735 he entered at the Conservatorio
della Pietà dei Turchini, where his teachers included Lorenzo Fago and
Leonardo Leo. He remained in Naples all his life, and between 1745 and
1771 established himself as a composer of oratorios, operas, cantatas
and church music. On 11 July 1759 he succeeded Girolamo Abos as secondo
maestro of his former conservatory in a post he held until his death. On
25 August 1768 he was appointed as a 'maestro di cappella
soprannumerario' of the royal chapel in Naples. After the death of
Giuseppe de Majo, 'primo maestro' of the royal chapel, he assumed that
position on 21 December 1771. He also continued as 'maestro di musica
della regina', later becoming 'maestro di musica della real camera'. As a
teacher, his most notable student was Giacomo Tritto. As a composer,
the majority of his works were sacred in the lyrical Neapolitan style of
the mid-18th century. His output includes eight operas, 15 secular
cantatas, six oratorios, three Masses, six Kyries, a Requiem, four
motets, 12 Psalms, a litany, a Stabat mater (his best-known work), and
three antiphons.
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