Francesco Nicola Fago, 'II Tarantino' (26 February 1677 – 18 February 1745) was an Italian

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composer and teacher. He was the father of Lorenzo Fago (1704-1793).Companion to baroque music Julie Anne Sadie - 1991 "Fago. Neapolitan father and son who were composers and teachers. Francesco Nicola Fago (1677- 1745), known as 'II Tarantino', studied with Provenzale at the Neapolitan Conservatorio S Maria della Pieta dei Turchini, where he himself ...Francesco Nicola's first post was as primo maestro of the Conservatorio di S Onofrio (1704-8), but from 1705 he was based at the Turchini where his pupils included Falco, Feo, Majo, Leo and Jommelli, as well as his own son Lorenzo.

Biography

Born in

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, in the

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region, he studied music under

Francesco Provenzale Francesco Provenzale (25 September 1632 – 6 September 1704) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. Notably Provenzale was the teacher of famed castrato 'il cavaliere ...

at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in

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between 1693 and 1695. Between 1704 and 1708 he worked at the ''Conservatorio Sant'Onofrio'', but from 1705 to 1740 he was based at the ''Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini'', where his pupils included

Leonardo Leo Leonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer. Biography Leo was born in San Vito degli Schiavoni (currently known as San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi) in ...

Francesco Feo Francesco Feo (1691 – 28 January 1761) was an Italian composer, known chiefly for his operas. He was born and died in Naples, where most of his operas were premièred. Life Feo studied music at the '' Conservatorio di Santa Maria della Pietà' ...

Giuseppe de Majo Giuseppe de Majo (di Maio; 5 December 169718 November 1771) was an Italian composer and organist. He was the father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo. His compositional output consists of 10 operas, an oratorio, a concerto for 2 violins, and ...

, Niccolo Jommelli,

Nicola Sala Nicola Sala (7 April 1713 – 31 August 1801) was an Italian composer and music theorist. He was born in Tocco Caudio and died in Naples. He was chapel-master and professor at Naples, having devoted himself to the collection of the finest m ...

, Michele de Falco, Carmine Giordani as well as his own son, Lorenzo. From 1709 to 1731, Nicola Fago served at the ''Tesoro di San Gennaro''. He died in

in 1745.

Operas

*''Lo Masiello'' *''L'Astratto'' (1709) *''Il Radamista'' (1707) *''La Dafne'' *''Cassandra Indovina'' (1711) *''"Magnificat"'' ten vocals + instruments *''"Stabat Mater"'' 4 vocals + a quartet *''Il Faraone Sommerso'' (1709)

Other works

*''Le fenzejune abbendurate'', Commedia per musica, 1710 *''La Cianna'', Commedia per musica, 1711 *''Lo Masillo''

Dramma per musica Dramma per musica (Italian, literally: ''drama for music'', plural: ''drammi per musica'') is a libretto. The term was used by dramatists in Italy and elsewhere between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries. In modern times the same meaning of ''dra ...

(second act by Michele de Falco), 1712 *''La Dafne'', Favola pastorale in stile arcadio, 1714

References

1677 births 1745 deaths 18th-century Italian male musicians 18th-century Italian composers Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers People from Taranto {{Italy-composer-stub