Re: Giacobo Basevi Detto Cervetto

[Francesco Spagnolo <yuval...>]

Basevi is the name of a Livornese (Sephardi) family. I'm away from my 
books now (and will be for the next month), and cannot give any more 
references, but another Basevi (Abraham?) was a renown Florentine 
musicologist of Livornese origins, from the 19th century: he wrote 
the first study on Giuseppe Verdi's music... The Basevis were a 
musical family, very involved in classical music. Vittorio Basevi, a 
cellist, is now based in Milano, while some Basevis live now in 
Verona.
The fact that a Basevi was active in London is not surprising, 
considering that Sephardi cantors from Livorno (Leghorn) have been 
very active all over the Sephardi communities throughout the world.
Unfortunately, I do not know anything about Giacobo (or Giacomo? this 
is the standard Italian for Jacob-Yaakov).

Francesco


>Giacobo Basevi Detto Cervetto (1682-1783) was apparently a Jewish
>composer of Italian heritage who composed in London.  Does anyone know
>if any of his works reflect his Jewishness?
>
>Bob
>

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