Birth Anniversary: Francesco Durante — March 31, 1684
Born at Frattamaggiore on 31 March 1684, the son of a wool-carder who also served as sacristan. He taught for most of his working life in the conservatories of Naples — Sant’Onofrio, the Poveri di Gesù Cristo and Santa Maria di Loreto — and his pupils included Pergolesi and Paisiello.
A note on this date. The day of death is given as 30 September 1755 by MusicBrainz and Wikidata, while the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani names 13 August 1755. We publish the date carried by the two authority records and record the disagreement here. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.
Dates verified on Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani; MusicBrainz artist authority; Wikidata.
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