Andrea Adolfati
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1711
- Died
- 1760?
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Adriano in Siria
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1721
- Active to
- 1760-10-28
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 26
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Andrea Adolfati (1721 or 1722, Venice – 28 October 1760, Padua) was an Italian composer who is particularly remembered for his output of opera serias. His works are generally conventional and stylistically similar to the operas of his teacher Baldassare Galuppi. Although his music largely followed the fashion of his time, he did compose two tunes with unusual time signatures for his day: an air in 5/4 meter and another in 7/4 meter. Adolfati studied music composition in Venice with composer Gal
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Venice
- Place of birth
- Venice
- Place of death
- Padua
- Occupation
- composer
- Position held
- chapelmaster
- Student of
- Baldassare Galuppi
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Andrea Adolfati - Didone abbandonata - titlepage of the libretto - Venice 1747.png
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- date of death
- 1760-10-28
- Commons category
- Andrea Adolfati
- date of birth
- 1721-01-01
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Andrea Adolfati, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
