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Pasquale Anfossi

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Italian opera composer

Person · Open Library

Born
1727
Died
1797
Works
104

Top works

  • Cleopatra, dramma per musica, da rappresentarsi nel nuovo Regio ducal teatro di Milano, il carnovale dell' anno 1779
  • Le pazzie de' gelosi
  • Lo sposo di tre è marito di nessuna
  • La madre de' Maccabei
  • A treatise on singing, explaining ...

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IT
Active from
1727-04-05
Active to
1797-02

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
592
Total plays
4,086

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Bonifacio Domenico Pasquale Anfossi (5 April 1727 – February 1797) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia, Liguria, he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome. He wrote more than 80 operas, both opera seria and opera buffa, although he concentrated on church music, especially oratorios, during his last years. Anfossi died in Rome in 1797. Aiming at first to become a performer, he studied violin at the Neapolitan Loreto Conservator

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Pasquale
Gender
male
Place of birth
Taggia
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
violinist
Position held
chapelmaster
Languages spoken
Italian
Genre
opera
Instrument
violin
Image
Pasquale Anfossi.jpg
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Pasquale Anfossi
name in native language
Pasquale Anfossi
date of death
1797-01-01
date of birth
1729-00-00
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Works in European collections

19 objects attributed to Pasquale Anfossi, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana