Pasquale Cafaro was an Italian

Italy

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 composer

Composer

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 who was particularly known for his opera

Opera

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s and the significant amount of sacred music he produced, including oratorio

Oratorio

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s, motet

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s, and mass

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es.

Born in San Pietro, Galatina, Cafaro entered the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini in Naples in December 1735 where he was a pupil of Lorenzo Fago and Leonardo Leo

Leonardo Leo

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. He remained in Naples for the rest of his life and taught at the conservatorio from 1759-1785. His most famous pupil was Giacomo Tritto

Giacomo Tritto

Giacomo Domenico Mario Antonio Pasquale Giuseppe Tritto was an Italian composer, known primarily for his 54 operas. He was born in Altamura, and studied in Naples; among his teachers were Nicola Fago, Girolamo Abos, and Pasquale Cafaro. One of his pupil was Ferdinando Orlandi...

. In 1771 he succeeded Giuseppe de Majo

Giuseppe de Majo

Giuseppe de Majo was an Italian composer and organist. He was the father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo. His compositional output consists of 10 operas, an oratorio, a concerto for 2 violins, and a considerable amount of sacred music.-Life and career:Born in Naples, Majo spent most of his...

 as maestro di capella of the Chapel Royal of Naples

Chapel Royal of Naples

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