Giuseppe de Majo

Giuseppe de Majo ( born December 5, 1697 in Naples, † November 18, 1771 ) was an Italian composer of the late Baroque and father of the composer Gian Francesco de Majo.

Life and work

Giuseppe de Majo was included in the Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini from the age of nine, his first teacher was the secondo maestro Andrea Basso, after he was informed by the primo maestro Nicola Fago. In 1718 he completed his training in 1725 and made his debut as an opera composer at the Teatro dei Fiorentini with Opera buffa Lo finto laccheo. On May 9, 1736, he was appointed deputy organist at the Neapolitan court orchestra and in August of the following year Vice organist. After the death of the royal court music director Leonardo Leo de Majo received in 1745 thanks to the intercession of Johann Adolf Hasse and Queen Maria Amalia of the post he held until his death. In this capacity, he wrote only a few stage works operas, but devoted himself to the church music.

Works (selection)

Stage Works

  • Lo finto laccheo ( commedia, 1725, Napoli)
  • Lo vecchio avaro ( commedia, libretto di Francesco Antonio Tullio, 1727, Napoli)
  • La milorda ( commedia, 1728, Napoli)
  • Erminia ( commedia, libretto di Bernardo Suddumene, Basata su il poema Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso, 1729, Napoli)
  • La baronessa, ovvero Gli Equivoci ( commedia, libretto di Bernardo Suddumene, 1729, Napoli)
  • Egeria ( favoletta, libretto di G. Torriani, 1732, Napoli)
  • Arianna e Teseo (opera seria libretto di Pietro Pariati, 1747, Napoli)
  • Il sogno d' Olimpia ( serenata, libretto di Ranieri de ' Calzabigi, basato sul poema Orlando furioso di Ludovico Ariosto, 1747, Napoli)
  • Semiramide riconosciuta (opera seria libretto di Pietro Metastasio, 1751 )
  • Il napolitano nelli fiorentini ( farsa )

Other works

  • " Concerto for 2 violini " (1726)
  • " Concerto per violoncello e archi" (1726)
  • " Audite coeli by 2 cori " ( 1732)
  • " Dixit per 8 voci "
  • Agata ( Oratorio by 4 voci e coro, 1752, Gallipoli)
  • " Mottetto per l' anime del Purgatorio by 5 voci e orchestra" ( 1754)
  • " Salve regina per soprano e strumenti "
  • " Kyrie e Gloria per voci e strumenti 5 "
  • 6 cantatas
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