Francesco Mancini (composer)
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Francesco Mancini was an Italian
composer
from Napoli.
's absence from Neapolitan court, between 1702 and 1708. In this period he was Director of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto as well as being first organist and maestro of the Capella Reale. His assistant was Giuseppe Porsile
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s, sonata
s, 7 serenatas, 12 oratorio
s and more than 200 secular cantata
s in addition to assorted sacred music and a small amount of instrumental music. Today he is best known for his recorder
sonatas.
Italy
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
from Napoli.
Biography
He was an important teacher and managed to obtain his greatest duty during Alessandro ScarlattiAlessandro Scarlatti
Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...
's absence from Neapolitan court, between 1702 and 1708. In this period he was Director of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto as well as being first organist and maestro of the Capella Reale. His assistant was Giuseppe Porsile
Giuseppe Porsile
Giuseppe Porsile was a Neapolitan composer and singing teacher.Giuseppe was son of one Carlo Porsile, composer of an opera Nerone , As a young man Giuseppe was well received for his sacred music at the Spanish Chapel in Naples and in 1695 invited to the principal capilla real in Barcelona...
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Works
His works include 29 operaOpera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s, sonata
Sonata
Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
s, 7 serenatas, 12 oratorio
Oratorio
An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias...
s and more than 200 secular cantata
Cantata
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
s in addition to assorted sacred music and a small amount of instrumental music. Today he is best known for his recorder
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
sonatas.