Gaetano Greco (c. 1657c. 1728) was an

Italian Baroque Italian Baroque (or ''Barocco'') is a stylistic period in Italian history and art that spanned from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. History The early 17th century marked a time of change for those of the Roman Catholic religion ...

composer. He was the younger brother of Rocco Greco ( c.1650 - before 1718). Both brothers were trained at, and later taught at the Poveri di Gesu` Cristo conservatory in Naples. Gaetano Greco's teachers included Giovanni Salvatore and Gennaro Ursino, and possibly Francesco Provenzale. Dinko Fabris ''Music in seventeenth-century Naples: Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704)'' p230 2007 "Gaetano's teachers were Giovanni Salvatore and Gennaro Ursino, but it is plausible that Greco also studied with Francesco Provenzale: the contract with the Eletti della Fedelissima Citta in 1701 is typical of a teacher-pupil ..." It is also possible that he studied with Alessandro Scarlatti.

Leonardo Vinci Leonardo Vinci (1690 – 27 May 1730) was an Italian Baroque composer known chiefly for his 40 or so operas; comparatively little of his work in other genres survives. A central proponent of the Neapolitan School of opera, his influence on ...

, Giuseppe Porsile,

Nicola Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students include ...

, and

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque music, Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical peri ...

(perhaps also

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the g ...

) were among his pupils. His successor at the conservatory was Francesco Durante.

Works, editions and recordings

*''Tuoni ecclesiastici con li loro versetti''

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* Italian Baroque composers 1650s births 1720s deaths Italian male classical composers Composers from Naples 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub