Luigi Gatti (October 7, 1740
[11 October, the date generally recorded, was the day of his christening] – March 1, 1817) was a
classical composer. He was born in
Lazise
Lazise is a ''comune'' (municipality) and town in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about northwest of Verona. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Garda. As of 31 December 2004, it h ...
in 1740, the son of an organist, Francesco della Gatta. He was ordained a priest in
Mantua
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In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...
. In the 1780s he became
Hofkapellmeister in
Salzburg
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The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
and
Leopold Mozart showed his irritation at not receiving it himself. Between 1801 and 1804 Gatti helped
Mozart'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
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