Nicola Fago

Nicola Fago.

Nicola Fago (26 February 1677 – February 18, 1745) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.

Biography

Born in Taranto, he studied music at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples between 1693 and 1695. Between 1704 and 1708 he worked at the Conservatorio Sant´Onofrio. From 1705 to 1740 he was at the Conservatorio della Pietà d`Turchini, and from 1709 to 1731 at the Tesoro di San Gennaro.

He died in Naples in 1745. One of his notable pupils was Giuseppe de Majo.

Operas

• Lo Masiello
• L'Astratto (1709)
• Il Radamista (1707)
• La Dafne
• Cassandra Indovina (1711)
• "Magnificat" ten vocals + instruments
• "Stabat Mater" 4 vocals + a quartet
• Il Faraone Sommerso (1709)

Other works

• Le fenzejune abbendurate, Commedia per musica, 1710
• La Cianna, Commedia per musica, 1711
• Lo Masillo Dramma per musica (2. Akt von Michele De Falco), 1712
• La Dafne, Favola pastorale in stile arcadio, 1714

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Name	Fago, Nicola
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Date of birth	26 February 1677
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Date of death	February 18, 1745
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