Carmine Giordano (c. 1685 in

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– 1758 in

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) was an Italian composer and organist. He studied at the Conservatorio napoletano della Pietà dei Turchini with

Gennaro Ursino Gennaro Ursino (1650-1715) was an Italian composer and teacher.Companion to Baroque music Julie Anne Sadie - 1998 Ursino, Gennaro (1650-1715). Neapolitan maestro di cappella and composer. Ursino was trained at the Conservatorio S Maria della Piet ...

(1650–1715) and

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. It was long mistakenly thought that Carmine Giordano was father of

Tommaso Giordano Tommaso is an Italian given name. It has also been used as a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name A * Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona (1600–1672), Roman Catholic prelate * Tommaso Aldrovandini (1653–1736), Italian painter of ...

, who died in

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, and Giuseppe Giordano (1743–1798), called "Giordanello," but this turns out not to be the case; their father was Giuseppe Giordano, an opera buffa singer.

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. ''Opera in Dublin, 1705-1797: the social scene'' 1973 "An earlier theory that a composer, Carmine Giordani (c. 1685/ 1758) was the father both of Tommaso, mentioned above, and a Giuseppe Giordano (c. 1753/ 1798) called Giordanello has now been justly discredited. "

Bibliography

Enrica Donisi, ''Istituti, bande e società. Studi sulla musica a Benevento tra il 1561 e il 1961'', Edizioni Realtà Sannita, Benevento, 2012, pp. 122-124.

References

1680s births 1758 deaths Year of birth uncertain 18th-century Italian composers Italian organists Male organists {{Italy-composer-stub