Birth Anniversary: Antonio Palella — October 8, 1692
Born at San Giorgio a Cremano near Naples on 8 October 1692. Trained at the Conservatorio di Sant’Onofrio a Porta Capuana under Angelo Durante, he developed into an esteemed keyboard maestro and opera composer within the thriving Neapolitan musical milieu of the early eighteenth century.
Dates verified on Treccani, DBI, vol. 80 (2014), voce "PALELLA, Antonio" (https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antonio-palella_(Dizionario-Biografico)/); Grove Music Online, entry "Palella, Antonio" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20746).
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