Carlo Coccia

Carlo Coccia ( born April 14, 1782 Naples, † April 13, 1873 in Novara ) was an Italian opera composer and church musician.

Life

Carlo Coccia was born into a musical family, his father was the well-known violinist Nicola Coccia. He received his musical education at the " Conservatorio della Madonna di Loreto " in Naples, where he was taught by Fedele Fenaroli and Pietro Casella ( 1769-1843 ). From the age of 10 he was taught by Giovanni Paisiello. Later he lived alternately in Lisbon and London, returned last but returned to Italy and was appointed director of the musical academy in Turin in 1828. In 1840, he was Director of Music in Novara, where he devoted himself almost exclusively to teaching and composition of church music.

His works include several operas, including Rinaldo d' Asti, Claudina, Mandane, Maria Stuarda, Rosamunda, Clotilde and Enrico di Monfort. Also Coccia was (1868 /69) involved in the excited by Giuseppe Verdi Messa per Rossini; come from him Lacrimosa and Amen.

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