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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

composer

1710 (Jesi, Italy) – 1736 (Pozzuoli)

Pergolesi studied under Greco, Vinci and Durante. Metastasio and he were both attached to the opera-house in Naples, Pergolesi setting two of Metastasio’s texts to music.

  • Concise Britannica biography
  • Bit more from Wikipedia
  • More from Bach Cantatas

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi knew…

  • Leonardo Vinci
  • Francesco Durante
  • Pietro Metastasio
  • Gaetano Greco
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