Gioacchino Cocchi (''circa'' 1712 – 11 September 1796) was a

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composer, principally of

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

. Cocchi was probably born in

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in about 1712, although his place of birth has also been given as

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. His first works were performed in Naples and in

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; the most successful was ''La maestra'', written in Naples in 1747. It was performed at the Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo of that city in the spring of 1747, and at the Teatro Formagliari of

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in October of the same year; on 11 March 1749 it was given at the King's Theatre, and in 1752 at the Teatro de' Fiorentini of Naples, with the title ''La scaltra governante''. As ''La scaltra governatrice'' it was given at the Académie de Musique in Paris on 25 January 1753, and as ''Die Schulmeisterin'' was performed in 1954 at the Schlosstheater in Berlin. The work established a solid international reputation for Cocchi. From 1749 to 1757 Cocchi was in

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, where he became ''

maestro di cappella (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (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 ha ...

'' of the

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, standing in for

Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi Vincenzo Legrenzo Ciampi (2 April 1719 – 30 March 1762) was an Italian composer. He is best known today for a work that cannot be certainly ascribed to his pen, the song "Tre giorni son che Nina in letto senesta", formerly called Pergolesi's "Nin ...

, who had been given permission to visit London for an extended period. Cocchi also taught composition to

Andrea Luchesi Andrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven. Biography Andrea Luchesi was born at Motta di Livenza, near Treviso the eleventh child of Pietro Luchese and Cater ...

(1756/57). In 1757 he travelled to

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, where he stayed until about 1772, when he returned to Venice. He died there on 11 September 1796.

Works

* ''Sinfonia for 2 Mandolins & Continuo'', in 3 parts, 1) Allegro assai, 2) Largo, 3) Allegro. (Gimo 76) * ''

Siface, re di Numidia ''Siface re di Numidia'' (also: ''Siface'' or ''Viriate'') is a libretto in three acts by Pietro Metastasio. It is a reworking of ''La forza della virtù'' by :de:Domenico David and was Metastasio's first work as a librettist. it was first per ...

'' (1748) * ''

Siroe ''Siroe, re di Persia'' ('' Siroes, King of Persia'', HWV 24), is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was his 12th opera for the Royal Academy of Music and was written for the sopranos Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bord ...

'' (1749) * '' Alessandro nell'Indie'' (1761)

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