Composers

Cristoforo Caresana

Voice
Soprano
Alto
String ensemble
Tenor
Bass
Violin
Mixed chorus
Piano
Religious music
Cantatas
Sacred cantatas
Secular cantatas
Lamentations
Sacred hymns
Hymn
Psalms
Funeral music
Litanies
by popularity

A

Ave maris stella 1688

B

Beatus vir

C

Cantata 'Il Narciso'Cantata 'La rosa'

D

Di lucide stelleDixit Dominus 1685

I

Il Sacro Conclave nel seno di Maria

J

Jube Domine 1687

L

La caccia del toroLa GiostraLa LegaLa PaceLa resa della piazza dell'immortalitàLa serenataLa strage degli innocentiLa TarantellaLa VegliaL'Adorazione dei magiLamentazione per il Giovedì Santo Lectio 2 1688Lamentazione per il Giovedì Santo Lectio 3Lamentazione per il Giovedì Santo Lectio 3 1686Lamentazione per il Venerdì Santo Lectio 1 1686Lamentazione per il Venerdì Santo Lectio 2 1686Lamentazione per il Venerdì Santo Lectio 2 1688Lamentazione per il Venerdì Santo Lectio 3 1686Lamento degl'occhi per non potersi vedere l'un con l'altroLe avventure di una fedeLitanie a 4 vociLitany 1694

M

Magnificat 1683Missa Defunctorum 1688

O

O voi che mi credete

P

Pange lingua 1686

R

Roma sepolta nelle sue ruine

S

Si cerca la difinitione d'amoreSonata à 8

T

Tancredi sulla morte di Clorinda
Wikipedia
Cristofaro or Cristoforo Caresana (ca. 1640–1709) was an Italian Baroque composer, organist and tenor. He was an early representative of the Neapolitan operatic school.
Born in Venice, his precise birthday is not known. After studying under Pietro Andrea Ziani (uncle of Marc'Antonio Ziani) in Venice, he moved to Naples late in his teens, where he joined the theatre company of Febi Armonici which produced early examples of melodrama. Later, in 1667, he became an organist and singer in the Chapel Royal and director of the Neapolitan Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana, one of the famed orphanage-music schools of Naples, until 1690. In 1699 he succeeded Francesco Provenzale as Master of the Treasury of San Gennaro. He wrote music for a number of other Neapolitan institutions until his death in Naples in 1709. Amongst others, the Spanish guitarist and composer Gaspar Sanz studied music theory under his tutelage.
He is remembered for his cantatas, especially for the nativity season as well as instrumental interludes sometimes featuring spatially separated ensembles. His music continues to be played and recorded to the present day and stands as a testament to the quality of this Neapolitan baroque composer.