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Pietro Antonio Coppola (11 December 1793 – 13 November 1876) 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 ...

and conductor. Born in Castrogiovanni, he was trained by his father and at the Naples Conservatory. He is chiefly known for his many

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s, of which his most famous, '' Nina pazza per amore'', premiered at the

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in Rome in February 1835. While his works have rarely been performed after the 19th century, during his lifetime they enjoyed success in major

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s in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. As a conductor he was particularly active at the

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in Lisbon. He died in

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at the age of 82.

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1793 births 1876 deaths People from Enna Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian conductors (music) Italian male conductors (music) Italian opera composers Male opera composers 19th-century classical composers 19th-century conductors (music) 19th-century Italian composers Musicians from the Province of Enna {{italy-composer-stub