Nicola Sabatino (also: ''Sabbatini'' and ''Sabatini''; 1705–1796) was a Neapolitan composer. Sabatino was born in

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and became one of the late baroque Neapolitan composers centred on the Music conservatories of Naples and the opera at the

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typified by Porpora,

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 Durante Francesco Durante (31 March 1684 – 30 September 1755) was a Neapolitan composer. Biography He was born at Frattamaggiore, in the Kingdom of Naples, and at an early age he entered the '' Conservatorio dei poveri di Gesù Cristo'', in Naples, ...

. In November 1774 Sabatino directed his own music for the funeral of Niccolò Jommelli.

Works

Operas *''Cleante'' (1752, Rome) *''Arsace'' (30 May 1754, Naples) *''Endimione'' (1758, Dublin) Masses * Mass 1726 * Mass 1728 Oratorios * ''Jaele'' Venice 1743 Cantatas * Cantata ''Laetamini fideles'' alto, 2vn., bc. * ''Vola turtur de nido''. Instrumental * Solo per violoncello, 2 violins and B.c.recording: ''Concerti Napoletani per Violoncello'' Gaetano Nasillo, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini

References

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