The British Musical Biography

[E] Storace, Stephen, composer, born at
London in 1763. Son of Stefano Storace, an
Italian double-bass player. He studied under
his father, and at Naples in the Conservatorio
of St. Onofrio. Resided in London as com-
poser to the principal theatres. He died at
London, March 19, 1796.

[W] Works. — Musical Dramas : Gli sposi mal-
contenti, 1785 ; Gli Equivoci, Vienna, 1786 ;
Doctor and Apothecary, London, 1788;
Haunted Tower, 1789 ; La Cameriera astuta,
1790 ; No song no supper, by Prince Hoare,
1790 ; Siege of Belgrade, 1791 ; Gave of Tro-
phonius, 1791 ; Pirates, 1792 ; Dido, 1792 ;
The Prize, 1793; My Grandmother, 1793;
Venus and Adonis, 1794 ; Glorious First of
June, entertainment for the benefit of the
widows, etc., of the men who fell in the late
engagement under Lord Howe. 1794; Lodo-
iska, 1794 ; Cherokee, 1794 ; Le Nozze di
Dorina, 1795; Iron Chest (Golman), 1796;
Mahmoud, 1796; Three and the Deuce, 1795.
Lamentation of Marie Antoinette ; Captivity,
a ballad (1793) ; Shepherds, I have lost my
love, song. Collection of original harpsichord
music, London, 1790, 2 vols. Six easy and
progressive sonatinas for pf. or harpsichord.
Three sonatas for harpsichord or pf. [1785] .

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