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Fortunato Chelleri
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1690
- Died
- 1757
- Works
- 12
Top works
- L'Arsacide
- La caccia in Etolia
- Alessandro fra' le Amazoni
- L'innocenza difesa
- L'amor tirannico
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1690
- Active to
- 1757-12-11
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 427
- Total plays
- 3,022
Tags
Biography Chelleri's father had emigrated from Germany to Italy, his mother was from the Italian family of musicians Bazzani (or Bassani, s. also Giovanni Battista Bassani). After the early death of his parents, he grew up with his uncle Francesco Maria Bazzani in Piacenza, who trained him as a musician. Chelleri started to compose operas for different opera companies in Northern Italy in 1708. He served in noble families in Barcelona, Florence and Venice, among others, including a post as maest
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Parma
- Place of death
- Kassel
- Occupation
- conductor
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- Field of work
- chamber music
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Work location
- Kassel
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1687-05-14
- date of death
- 1757-12-11
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- Commons category
- Fortunato Chelleri
- P8168
- Natasha Jonas
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Fortunato Chelleri, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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