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Composer of operas, born in Aversa, Italy. He studied music at Naples, and produced his first opera there in 1772. He was court musician at St Petersburg (1787) and Kapellmeister at Vienna (1791) succeeding Salieri, where his comic opera Il Matrimonio segreto (1792, The Secret Marriage) was a great success, then in 1793 he returned to Naples. He wrote many other works, including church and chamber music. |
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