Francesco Paolo Masullo (1679 in

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– 1733 in Acquaviva delle Fonti), was an Italian singer. He is the son of Antonio Domenico. He studied singing as castrato in 1690 at the ''Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini ''of

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. He became ''maestro di cappella ''of the Cathedral of Acquaviva delle Fonti in Apulia.

Bibliography

* Alfredo Giovine, ''Musicisti e cantanti in Terra di Bari.'' Biblioteca dell’Archivio delle tradizioni popolari baresi, Bari, 1968, p. 49, . 18th-century Italian singers Castrati 1733 deaths 1679 births {{Italy-singer-stub