Francesco Durante

Francesco Durante

Francesco DuranteFrancesco Durante (31 March 1684 - 30 September 1755) was an Italian composer.

He was born at Frattamaggiore, in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, and at an early age he entered the Conservatorio dei poveri di Gesu Cristo, in Naples, where he received lessons from Gaetano Greco. Later he became a pupil of Alessandro Scarlatti at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio. He is also supposed to have studied under Bernardo Pasquini and Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni in Rome, but there is no documentary evidence. He is said to have succeeded Scarlatti in 1725 at Sant' Onofrio, and to have remained there until 1742, when he succeeded Porpora as head of the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, also in Naples. This post he held for thirteen years, till his death in Naples. He was married three times.

His fame as a teacher was considerable, and Niccolo Jommelli, Giovanni Paisiello, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Niccolo Piccinni and Leonardo Vinci were amongst his pupils. As a teacher, he insisted on the unreasoning observance of rules, differing thus from Scarlatti, who treated all his pupils as individuals. A complete collection of Durante's works, consisting almost exclusively of sacred music, was presented by Selvaggi, a Neapolitan art collector, to the Paris library. A catalogue may be found in Fetis's Biographie universelle. The imperial library of Vienna also preserves a valuable collection of Durante's manuscripts. Two requiems, several masses (one of which, a most original work, is the Pastoral Mass for four voices) and the Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah are amongst his most important settings.

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Magnificat in B patadedo (2)
4452d ago
38 Vocal Original
madre pia paulinavf (7)
4885d ago
2 Piano Original
vergin tutto amor paulinavf (7)
4885d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Original
Vergin tutto amor darioadamo74 (25)
4895d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Original
Danza Fanciulla zuzkaa (19)
4928d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Original
Danza Fanciulla caskinha (30)
4941d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Vergin tutto amor caskinha (30)
4941d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Transcription
vergin tutto amor (high) danillsanchez (1)
4960d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Other
Vergin tutto amor kezo (1)
4981d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Other
danza, danza, fanciulla gentile gratias (50)
4996d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Other
vergin, tutto amor gratias (50)
4996d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Other
Vergin tutto amor Kimberly2634 (7)
4998d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Other
Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile kiwikay17 (2)
5016d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Original
Durante - Vergin tutto mor - High Voice (E minor) DivoCarl (280)
5034d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Original
Magnificat B-Dur jhonny1812 (1)
5036d ago
1 Piano Other
VERGIN TUTTO AMOR HIGH sandrorossi (5)
5065d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Vergin tutto amor (low) sandrorossi (5)
5065d ago
3 Piano, Vocal Transcription
Danza fanciulla gentile tutto88 (24)
5368d ago
2 Piano, Vocal Original
Danza fanciulla gentile newvoice (2)
5432d ago
4 Piano, Vocal Original