Giovanni Maria Casini Explained

Giovanni Maria Casini (16 December 1652 – 25 February 1719) was an Italian composer, notably of oratorios in his native Florence.^{[1] [2]}

Selected works and recordings

• Pensieri in partitura for organ, Op.3 1714, recorded Francesco Tasini Tactus 2012
• Casini oratorio: Il Viaggio Di Tobia Laura Antonaz, Claudine Ansermet, Mya Fracassini, Jeremy Ovenden, Sergio Foresti, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis Dynamic, DDD, 2004 2015

Notes and References

1. “Giovanni Maria Casini. 'Musico dell'umana espressione': contributo su documenti originali.” Studien zrn' Mnsikwisseneltrrfl 25 (1962): 135—59.
2. Howard E. Smither A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 1 2012 p 289 "the principal native Florentines whose oratorios were performed in Florence are Lorenzo Conti, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Francesco Maria Veracini, Anton Francesco Piombi, and Giovanni Maria Casini."