[Ave Maria] La Salutazione Angelica ossia L'Ave Maria a quattro voci con l'Organo. Manuscript

Manuscript in an unidentified copyist's hand. Disbound upright folio, music paper with 12 staves, signature of five bifolia. Title page with composer's name spelled "Basily." Music to fol. 1v.-7v; final six pages blank. E-flat major; cut-C time signature. SAT parts in C clefs; organ part on two staves (no pedal). 14 x 10.5 inches (35 x 26.5 cm). In good condition overall.

Basili was the director of the Milan Conservatory from 1827 to 1837 and notoriously refused Giuseppe Verdi's application as a student. "Although now forgotten, Basili was well known in his day, particularly for his church music. The last decades of his life were devoted primarily to revising earlier works, especially sacred pieces. His style is similar to Spontini’s, and is characterized by march-like rhythms and by melodies that are reminiscent of the Viennese Classical composers and of Schubert." (Leopold M. Kantner in Grove Music Online) The present Ave Maria was published - by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig (ca. 1832; PN 5210) - though the date of its composition is unknown. (21789)

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