Giuseppe Giordani was an Italian composer, mainly of opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

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He was born in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, where he studied music with Domenico Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa

Domenico Cimarosa was an Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school...

 and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli

Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli

Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli was an Italian composer, chiefly of opera.-Early career:Zingarelli was born in Naples, where he studied at the Santa Maria di Loreto Conservatory under Fenaroli and Speranza....

. In 1774 he was appointed as music director of the chapel of the Duomo of Naples. His first opera (L'Epponina) was released in 1779. His sacred drama La distruzione di Gerusalemme was a notable success at the Teatro San Carlo of Naples in 1787. He became maestro di cappella at the Cathedral of Fermo

Fermo

Fermo is a town and comune of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo.Fermo is located on a hill, the Sabulo with a fine view, on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway....

in 1791.

The popular aria Caro Mio Ben is often erroneously ascribed to Giordani, but predates him for some 50 years.

Further reading

• Giuseppe Giordani - Biografia A short biography of the composer at the site of the Conservatorio Statale di Musica 'G.B. Pergolesi', Istituto di Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale, Fermo, realized in collaboration with the “Centro Studi Giuseppe Giordani”http://www.conservatorio.net/giordani/giordani.php?menu=2

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