Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

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Born: 4 January 1710 — Jesi — Italy
Died: 16 March 1736 — Pozzuoli — Italy
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Music

11 operas, triosonates, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, church music.

Life

Other sources give his birthday 3 January 1710 and birth place Napoli (Naples). See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11667b.htm, and Catholic Encyclopedia, based on 4 biographies: Boyer, Paris 1772; Blasis, Naples 1817 ; Faustini-Fasuini, Naples 1900 ; Villarosa, Naples 1831.

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28 August 1733: Premiere of La Serva Padrona, in Naples, Italy.
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