After spending a few years in Bari, Giovanni Battista found shelter in Zara in 1720 or 1721, where he married in 1725 [4] Maria Castelli di Chio (ca.
Domenico (1732–1799), who joined the Dominican Order, was a professor of biblical exegesis and Greek literature at the Universities of Siena (1763) and Pisa (1769), and later the Bishop of Novigrad (Istria; 1776) and Hvar (Dalmatia; 1784).
In his Memorie sul violinista G. Tartini (1758), the physicist Giordano Riccati mentioned that Stratico was an outstanding violinist in the orchestra of the Basilica del Santo.
Moving to Sanguinetto Stratico was able to focus his studies on music theory, especially deepening aspects of the axioms of mathematical and physical problems and intervals of dissonance and consonance.
An undated letter of Stratico to Francescantonio Vallotti (Biblioteca Antoniana, Padua) affirms their discussions of music theory.
An examination of his music reveals that he was a composer, devoted to instrumental virtuosity, but "softened" by the stability of rhythmic, melodic and harmonic structures characteristic of the Baroque.
The largest number of Stratico's compositions (283) is kept at the library of the University of California, Berkeley, in a collection of the 18th-century Italian instrumental music.
Michele Stratico, insigne aluno del gran Tartini, oltre duo sacchi di sinfonie, duetti, etc.