Gaetano Veneziano was an Italian composer. His son Giovanni Veneziano was also a composer.

Veneziano senior studied with Francesco Provenzale

Francesco Provenzale

Francesco Provenzale was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.Before the year 1658, there is virtually no record of Provenzale's existence, although it's thought that he studied at the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples. The year of his entry into history is 1654, the year his...

 at the Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples in 1666 where in 1684 he became maestro di cappella. He defeated Cristoforo Caresana in a competition to succeed Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.-Life:Scarlatti was born in...

 as master of the Spanish royal chapel of Naples in 1704, but after only three years lost the post when the Austrians took control of Naples from the Spanish in 1707.

Recordings

• on Tenebrae - Musiche per la Settimana Santa a Napoli Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini
  Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini
  The Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini is an early music ensemble based in Naples and dedicated to the recovery of Neapolitan musical heritage, primarily from the baroque era....
  
  , dir. Antonio Florio. Glossa 2011.