Benedetto Marcello

Benedetto Marcello was a male composer, poet, writer, and teacher from the Republic of Venice. Born in Venice in 1686, he worked within the Baroque music movement, composing in the fields of chamber music, Baroque music, classical music, and opera. He was a member of the Arcadian Academy and spoke Italian. His notable works include *Il buffone di nuova invenzione in Italia*, *Le théâtre à la mode au XVIIIe siècle*, *Il toscanismo e la Crusca, o sia Il Cruscante impazzito*, *Sonetti*, and *Il teatro alla moda, o sia Metodo sicuro, e facile per ben comporre...*.

Marcello studied under Francesco Gasparini and Antonio Lotti, and his students included Baldassare Galuppi. He was married to Rosanna Scalfi Marcello and had a sibling named Alessandro Marcello. He died of tuberculosis in Brescia on July 24, 1739, from natural causes. His life and work have been described in sources such as the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.