 In the 1580s, Pasquini took over the musical instruction of the daughters of Giovan Battista Aleotti, court architect of Ferrara, from Milleville.On 1 May 1592, Pasquini became the organist of the "ridotti" of Mario Bevilacqua and of the Olivetian church, Santa Maria in Organo, in Verona.While he held these positions, he wrote and published a "favola boscareccia" entitled "I fidi amanti" (Verona, 1593) in anticipation of the wedding of Don Carlo Gesualdo and Eleonora d'Este which took place in Ferrara the following year (1594).