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Paisiello, Giovanni
Paisiello, Giovanni (b Roccaforzata, nr. Taranto, 1740; d Naples, 1816). It. composer. In youth wrote mainly church mus., but discovered flair for opera buffa and wrote his first comic operas for Bologna 1764. Settled in Naples as rival of Piccinni, then of Cimarosa. Went to St Petersburg 1776 as court cond. and master of It. opera to Catherine the Great, while there composing his Il barbiere di Siviglia (1782) which had such great success in It. that Rossini's later setting (1816) encountered resentment. Returned to Naples 1784 as court cond. to Ferdinand IV. Sided with Napoleon in 1799 and went to Paris 1802 to organize and direct the mus. of his chapel. On return to Naples, remained out of favour with Bourbons and died in relative poverty. Wrote over 100 operas, many of them accomplished and pleasant, 12 syms., kbd. concs., comic cantatas, and other works. Prin. operas were: Don Chisciotte (1769); Achille in Sciro (1778); La serva padrona (1781); Il barbiere di Siviglia (1782); Il re Teodoro in Venezia (1784); La Molinara (1789); Nina (1789); Didone abbandonata (1794); Proserpina (1803).
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Paisiello, Giovanni." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Paisiello, Giovanni." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-PaisielloGiovanni.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Paisiello, Giovanni." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-PaisielloGiovanni.html |
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Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello , 1740–1816, Italian composer. Paisiello served in St. Petersburg at the court of Catherine II from 1776 to 1784. He was also briefly Napoleon's maître de chapelle. Paisiello composed some 100 operas, church music, keyboard concertos, string quartets, and other works. His opera The Barber of Seville (1782) was so popular that for a time it hindered the success of Rossini's work of the same name. Paisiello's music is characterized by considerable melodic charm. |
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"Giovanni Paisiello." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Giovanni Paisiello." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Paisiell.html "Giovanni Paisiello." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Paisiell.html |
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