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Durante, Pasquale Francesco
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Includes a brief biographical note, MIDI file, and lyrics to two arias.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 During the last ten years of his life was venerated as the most distinguished of all Neapolitan teachers. Francesco Durante Works Unlike his Neapolitan contemporaries Porpora, Feo, Leo and Vinci, who attracted international notice with their operas, Durante achieved international...Biography, articles, repertoire list and editions related to the 18th century Neapolitan teacher and composer Francesco Durante. Designed to be scholarly yet to also showcase his music to the general public.
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Francesco Durante: 1684 1755 Durante was a highly respected composer and teacher during the first half of the 18th century in Naples. He chose to concentrate on sacred music rather than the more fashionable opera composition favoured by other Neapolitans and his works became...Music files offered in MIDI format.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-d.html#DURANTE
Biography showing education and influences, noted students, major positions, and his emphasis on sacred composition from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=2747
Biography, early influences, related artists, period information, Neapolitan School details, and partial discography from the Here of a Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Francesco Durante Tutored in music by his uncle, a priest and composer; also a violin pupil of Francone, and possibly later of Pitoni and Pasquini. Studied at S. Onofrio, Naples, 1702-5; perhaps later went to Rome, but taught at S. Onofrio in...Biography showing his compositional and teaching abilities, related composers, students and others influenced by him, summary of works, commentary on La Pazzia, and discography from Promozione e Produzione Music Publishers.
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Francesco Durante At the time this was a city which in musical terms was a vital point of reference for the whole of Eurospe. Together with Alessandro Scarlatti, Durante is considered one of the founding fathers of the Neapolitan school. This composer...Detailed biography by James Sanderson with portrait, complete works list, Cantata Editions catalogue with MIDI samples, and recommended links.
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Baroque Composers Durante was a highly respected composer and teacher during the first half of the 18th century in Naples. He chose to concentrate on sacred music rather than the more fashionable opera composition favoured by other Neapolitans and his works became...List of art songs with Italian texts, some English translations, from REC Music Foundation.
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/d/durante.html