Luigi Gatti (October 7, 174011 October, the date generally recorded, was the day of his christening – March 1, 1817) was a

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composer. He was born in

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in 1740, the son of an organist, Francesco della Gatta. He was ordained a priest in

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. In the 1780s he became

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and

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist and theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook '' Versuch einer gründliche ...

showed his irritation at not receiving it himself. Between 1801 and 1804 Gatti helped

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

's sister,

Nannerl Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart (30 July 1751 – 29 October 1829), called "Marianne" and nicknamed Nannerl, was a musician, the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) and daughter of Leopold (1719–1787) and Anna Maria Moz ...

to locate unknown pieces by Mozart. He died in Salzburg in 1817. He is famous for writing oratorios, cantatas, sextets and septets.

Famous works

*Septet concertante in F for oboe, 2 horns, violin, viola, cello and double bass *Sextet in E flat for English horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass *Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra in do Maggiore L7e5

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* Italian Classical-period composers 1740 births 1817 deaths Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Italian male classical composers 19th-century Italian male musicians People from Lazise {{Italy-composer-stub