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Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 1795 – 17 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.
Saverio Mercadante was an Italian composer and teacher who was a transitional figure in opera composition between Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, and Vincenzo Bellini on the one hand and Giuseppe Verdi on the other. He is considered to have been an important reformer of Italian opera.
Known as one of the most important composers of Italian opera in 1840, Mercadante stood with opera composers such as Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, and Verdi as masters of a dramatic form which captured the hearts of the Italian people and the world.
Saverio Mercadante. Born: Alatamura, near Bari in Apulia; baptised 17 September 1795. Died: 17 September 1870, Naples, Italy. Mercadante was the leading Italian composer in Italy between Donizetti and Verdi . Inspired by French grand opéra, particularly Meyerbeer and Halévy, he wrote a series of “reform operas”: I have continued the ...
Sep 17, 2018 · Composer Profile: Saverio Mercadante, One of Italy’s Overlooked Masters. By David Salazar. In his time, Saverio Mercadante, baptized on Sept. 17, 1795, was a well-known and well-liked composer. We don’t live in his time.
Saverio Mercadante Flute Concerto in E minor1. Allegro maestoso2. Largo3. RondoJean-Pierre Rampal FluteI Solisti VenetiClaudio Scimone ConductorRec.: 1973
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