Natale Abbadia (11 March 1792 – 25 December 1861) 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 Defi ...

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

ist, and conductor. Born in

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, he studied music at the Genoa Conservatory. From 1831 to 1837, he taught singing in his native city and was a conductor at the

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. He later taught singing in Milan. One of his pupils was his daughter,

Luigia Abbadia Luigia Abbadia (1821–1896) was an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano known for her fine voice, secure technique, and a strong temperament. Possessing an uncommonly wide range, Abbadia sang several roles traditionally portrayed by sopranos in additi ...

, who had a successful career as an

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 ...

singer. As a composer, Natale Abbadia wrote music for the theatre and for the church. He composed the

''Giannina di Pontieu'' (1812), the musical farce ''L'imbroglione ed il castigamatti'', and several masses,

motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Margar ...

s, and other religious music. He died in

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at the age of 69.

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