Hispanoflamenca

Giacomo Sarcuni, a forgotten genius Giacomo Sarcuni… a name that probably means nothing to you, although he achieved considerable fame as a composer and music teacher in Naples during the 18th century. His life and career had never been the subject of research until quite recently; all that was known of him was that he was mentioned as maestro di cappella of the Archdiocese of Naples in Frederick Aquilina’s Benigno Zarafa and the Neapolitan Galant Style. His name is not included in the major music encyclopaedias and his manuscripts have never been the subject of archival research.