Giacomo Giuseppe Saratelli
Giacomo Giuseppe Saratelli was an Italian organist, composer and maestro di cappella.
Life
He was born and raised in Bologna, Papal States, where he premiered his first work in 1699 and was trained as an organist. He moved to Padua in 1714 and in 1736 succeeded Antonio Lotti as chief organist at St Mark's Basilica in Venice. In 1740 he became Vice Maestro of the Cappella Marciana. From 1732 to 1739 he was choirmaster of Venice's Ospedale dei Mendicanti, one of the era's most prestigious music schools. In 1747 he became Maestro di Cappella at St Mark's, a post he held until his death in Venice in 1762.Works
Sacred music
- 150 psalm settings, including:
- * Laudate pueri, for choir, orchestra and basso continuo
- * Ad Dominum cum tribularer
- * Levavi oculos meos
- * Ad te levavi oculos meos
- * Nisi quia Dominus
- * Qui confidunt
- Oratorios:
- * La regina Ester
- * Maddalena Conversio Veni creator spiritus
- A collection of important partimenti for harpsichord or organ