Tommaso Traetta

Tommaso Traetta
Born
Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta

(1727-03-30)30 March 1727
Died6 April 1779(1779-04-06) (aged 52)
NationalityItalian
OccupationComposer

Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (30 March 1727 – 6 April 1779),[1] was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School. Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France, he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including reducing the ornateness of style and the primacy of star singers.

  1. ^ Andrea Della Corta (1937). "Traetta, Tommaso". Encyclopedia Italiana (in Italian).