Francesco Durante
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1684-03-31 ) 31 March 1684, Frattamaggiore , Kingdom of Naples
- Died
- 30 September 1755 (1755-09-30) (aged 71), Naples
- Occupations
- Composer Educator
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francesco
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Frattamaggiore
- Place of death
- Naples
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Genre
- opera
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Official website
- www.duranteproject.com
- Image
- Francesco Durante.png
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- student
- Antonio Sacchini
- Commons category
- Francesco Durante (composer)
- date of birth
- 1684-03-13
- date of death
- 1755-08-13
- name in native language
- Francesco Durante
- P8168
- Shōren-in Temple
- web feed URL
- www.cantataeditions.co.uk/feed
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Francesco Durante, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Francesco Durante (31 March 1684 – 30 September 1755) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Best known for his church music, he was also an important teacher, instructing Niccolò Jommelli, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Niccolò Piccinni and Leonardo Vinci, among others.
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francesco Durante” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.