Pasquale Cafaro (also known as Caffaro or Cafariello, 8 February 1715 or 1716 – 25 October 1787) was an Italian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

who was particularly known for his

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s and the significant amount of sacred music he produced, including

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s, and masses. Born in San Pietro, Galatina, Cafaro entered the

Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini This is a list of music conservatories in Naples, Italy. Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella The Naples Conservatory of Music is a music school located in Naples, Italy. It is situated in the complex of San Pietro a Majella. It was originally ...

in Naples in December 1735 where he was a pupil of

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and

Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque music, Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of ...

. He remained in Naples for the rest of his life and taught at the conservatorio from 1759 until 1785. His most famous pupil was

Giacomo Tritto Giacomo Domenico Mario Antonio Pasquale Giuseppe Di Tritto (2 April 1733 – 16 September 1824) was an Italian composer, known primarily for his fifty-four operas. He was born in Altamura, and studied in Naples; among his teachers were Nicola ...

. In 1771, he succeeded

Giuseppe de Majo Giuseppe de Majo (di Maio; 5 December 169718 November 1771) was an Italian composer and organist. He was the father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo. His compositional output consists of 10 operas, an oratorio, a concerto for 2 violins, and a ...

maestro di cappella ( , , ), from German (chapel) and (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in i ...

of the Chapel Royal of Naples.R. Meloncelli
CAFARO (Caffaro, detto anche Caffariello o Caffarelli), Pasquale
treccani.it (in Italian) Among his operatic works are ''Disfatta di Dario'' and ''L'Olimpiade''. Cafaro died in Naples, aged 71 or 72 years.

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* 1710s births 1787 deaths Musicians from the Kingdom of Naples Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Composers from Naples 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub