{"id":1202,"date":"2019-04-09T16:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantataeditions.co.uk\/clone\/?page_id=1202"},"modified":"2019-04-11T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T07:45:57","slug":"leonardo-leo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cantataeditions.co.uk\/clone\/composers\/leonardo-leo\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>James Sanderson&#8217;s biography of the Neapolitan composer.<br>Contributor: James Sanderson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" title=\"Leonardo Leo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/leo-square.png\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Leonardo Leo\"> <p>Born: San Vito degli Schiavoni, 5 Aug 1694<br>Died: Naples, 31 Oct 1744\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/product-category\/composers\/leonardo-leo\/\">Editions available on this site<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leonardo Leo was one of the leading Neapolitan composers of his day, particularly in the genres of theatre and church music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He studied with Fago at the Conservatorio S Maria della Piet\u00e0 del Turchini and his first known major performance was of a sacred drama S Chiara or L\u2019infedelt\u00e0 abbattuta in 1712 at the conservatory. This work must have found favour with the rulers of Naples for shortly after this he was appointed assistant organist at the vice-regal chapel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo\u2019s 1st opera in 1714 Il Pisistrato was received with acclaim as was his 1718 2nd opera Sfonisba and from 1720 until his death he received a continuous stream of commissions for operas in Naples, Rome, Venice, Bolgna, Turin and Milan&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A notable contribution to the genre was the 1723 commedia musicale La\u2019mpeca scoperta. This was to prove a genre in which Leo could flourish in Naples, his serious Neapolitan operas being overshadowed by his rivals Vinci and Hasse despite successes in other Italian cities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo was also a prominent teacher and held positions at the Conservatorio S Maria della Piet\u00e0 del Turchini (vicemaestro), the Conservatorio S Onofrio (where he succeeded Feo as primo maestro) and finally succeeding his old teacher Nicola Fago at the Conservatorio S Maria della Piet\u00e0 del Turchini. One of his greatest contributions to musical development at this time was an attempt to reform religious music in Naples \u2013 his 8 part Miserere is an excellent example of this as are the oratorios S Elena al Calvario and La morte di Abele to texts by Metastasio. 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