Francesco Mancini (16 January 1672 – 22 September 1737) was a Neapolitan composer.
Biography
He was an important teacher and managed to obtain his greatest duty during
Alessandro Scarlatti's absence from the Neapolitan court, between 1702 and 1708. In this period he was Director of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto as well as being first organist and ''maestro'' of the Capella Reale. His assistant was
Giuseppe Porsile
Giuseppe Porsile (also Persile, Porcile, Porsille; Naples, 5 May 1680 – Vienna, 29 May 1750) was a Neapolitan composer and singing teacher.
Giuseppe was son of one Carlo Porsile, composer of an opera ''Nerone'' (Naples, 1686). As a young man Gi ...
.
Works
His works include 29 operas (including ''
L’Idaspe fedele)'',
sonata
Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...
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serenata
In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honor of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Ital ...
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oratorio
An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is mus ...
s and more than 200 secular
cantatas in addition to assorted sacred music and a small amount of instrumental music. Today he is best known for his
recorder sonatas.
Recordings
*''Missa Septimus'' SSATB
5'46" Currende, cond.
Erik Van Nevel. KTC4031
References
External links
HOASM*
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1672 births
1737 deaths
Italian male classical composers
Italian Baroque composers
Musicians from Naples
Italian opera composers
Male opera composers
18th-century Italian composers
18th-century Italian male musicians
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