Gaetano Greco
Gaetano Greco (c. 1728) was an Italian Baroque composer. He was the younger brother of Rocco Greco (c.
Also recorded as Gaetano Grieco
Gaetano Greco
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Naples
- Occupation
- composer · organist · music educator · conductor
- Fields
- classical music · liturgical music
- Movements
- Baroque music
- Teachers
- Giovanni Salvatore · Gennaro Ursino
- Languages
- Italian
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1650 – before 1718). Both brothers were trained at and later taught at the Poveri di Gesu` Cristo conservatory in Naples. Teachers included Giovanni Salvatore and Gennaro Ursino, and possibly Francesco Provenzale. It is also possible that he studied with Alessandro Scarlatti. Leonardo Vinci, Giuseppe Porsile, Nicola Porpora, and Domenico Scarlatti (perhaps also Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) were among his pupils. His successor at the conservatory was Francesco Durante.
Training under Giovanni Salvatore and Gennaro Ursino is recorded. Leonardo Vinci, Nicola Porpora and Francesco Durante are recorded as having studied under Gaetano Greco. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music and liturgical music.
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Gaetano Greco (1657 – 1728) was a composer. Gaetano Greco was born in 1657 in Naples, Italy. Gaetano Greco died in 1728 in Naples, Italy.
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