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Born August 5, 1694 • Italy
Died October 31, 1744 (aged 50) • Naples • Italy
Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Italian composer
Piccinni, engraving by J.F. Schroter
Niccolò Piccinni
Italian composer
Nicola Porpora
Italian vocal teacher
Leonardo Vinci
Italian composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Italian composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Donizetti, Gaetano
Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer
Francesca Caccini
Italian composer and singer
Giovanni Pacini
Italian composer
Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer
Alfredo Catalani
Italian composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French composer
Nono
Luigi Nono
Italian composer
Cherubini, Luigi
Luigi Cherubini
Italian composer
Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian composer