Giovanni Battista Fasolo, O.F.M.Conv (Asti, ca.
In his middle years Fasolo was primarily known for his 1645 organ annual, which, like L'organo suonarino of Adriano Banchieri, from the generation before him, was intended for use in small parish churches, and are much simpler than those used in Venice.
[1][2] In 1659 Fasolo became maestro di cappella to the Archbishop of Monreale.
[4] However following the work of Francesco Luisi,[5] Mariangela Donà,[6] and Claudio Bacciagaluppi[7] the attribution of the major works under the heading "Il Fasolo?"
Fasolo is now reasonably secure, and listed under his own entry, by Eleanor Selfridge-Field, in the current New Grove.