Giacomo Rampini was an Italian

Italy

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 composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of opera

Opera

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s, oratorio

Oratorio

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s, and sacred music. He was appointed the maestro di cappella of the Padua Cathedral

Padua Cathedral

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 in 1704, a position he held until his death at which time Andrea Adolfati

Andrea Adolfati

Andrea Adolfati was an Italian composer who is particularly remembered for his output of opera serias. His works are generally conventional and stylistically similar to the operas of his teacher Baldassare Galuppi...

 took over the post. Two of his operas were successfully premiered at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice

Venice

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, Armida in Damasco (17 October 1711) and La gloria trionfante d'amore (16 November 1712).

Rampini was the namesake and music instructor of his nephew, composer and organist Giacomo Rampini (died 15 November 1811), who held the post of maestro di cappella at the Udine Cathedral

Udine Cathedral

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