Pasquali, Niccolò (c. 1718-1757)

Italian violinist and composer. He wrote treatises on thorough bass and harpsichord playing.

He settled at Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1740, lived in Dublin 1748-51, then returned to Edinburgh, visiting London in 1752.

Works Opera and stage opera The Enraged Musician (1753), masque The Triumph of Hibernia, dirge in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Oratorios Noah and David.

Orchestral and ensemble 12 overtures for (or with) horns; sonatas for violin or two violins and bass.

Other songs contributed to various collections.