Composer
Saverio Mercadante
Italian composer
1795–1870
30 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1795
- Died
- 1870
- Birthplace
- Altamura
- Place of death
- Naples
- Citizenship / historical state
- Kingdom of Italy
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Romantic
Biography
Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 1795 – 17 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have attained the international celebrity of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as prolifically as any of them, and his development of operatic structures, melodic styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Giuseppe Verdi built his dramatic technique.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; musicologist; chapelmaster; director; conductor
- Recorded memberships
- Académie des beaux-arts
- Genres
- opera
- Notable works
- Virginia; Elisa e Claudio; Il giuramento
- Languages used
- Italian
- VIAF ID
- 42026042
- ISNI
- 0000000116287374
- GND ID
- 119060752
- Library of Congress ID
- n80017831
- MusicBrainz ID
- f5509d70-5768-4701-bf6c-d1f91e0f24d4
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Voice, Piano, Flute, Trombone, Bassoon
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 42026042. Portrait: Andrea Cefaly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.