Theobaldo di Gatti (c.1650-1727) was a composer and musician, born in Florence. He moved from Italy to France after hearing the music of

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made him a naturalised French subject in 1675. In France he was simply known by the name Théobalde. He earned his living playing the

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, both as a teacher and as a member of the orchestra of the Académie Royale de Musique (the

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). He composed songs, duets and two works for the stage.

Works

Songs

* ''Recueil d’airs italiens'' (Paris, 1696)

Stage works

*''Coronis'' (''

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''), premiere 23 March 1691 *''

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'', (''

tragédie en musique Tragédie en musique (, ''musical tragedy''), also known as tragédie lyrique (, ''lyric tragedy''), is a genre of French opera introduced by Jean-Baptiste Lully and used by his followers until the second half of the eighteenth century. Operas in t ...

''). premiere 16 September 1701

References

Sources

Article on Theobaldo di Gatti at CESAR
French Baroque composers French male classical composers French opera composers Male opera composers 1650s births 1727 deaths Musicians from Florence Italian emigrants to France French Baroque viol players 17th-century male musicians {{France-composer-stub