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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
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Italian composer, violinist, and organist. Studied violin and
composition at Naples 1725. Principally talented as composer of comic
operas, the first of which, Salustia, was a failure in Naples in 1732.
In 1733 he composed Il prigioner superbo, now forgotten except its 2
act intermezzo La serva padrona, which has remained popular. Other
operas, recently revived, include Lo frate 'nnamorato (1732), Adriano
in Siria (1734), and Il flaminio (1735).
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His Stabat Mater (1736) for
male soprano, male alto, and orchestra is still performed. After his
early death from tuberculosis, many works were and still are falsely
ascribed to him, such as the comic opera Il maestro di musica,
concertos, and songs. Stravinksy in Pulcinella 'recomposed' material by
Pergolesi, but even there some of the attributions are false.
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