Antonio Sacchini (M / Italy, 1730-1786), composer

Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786) was an Italian composer.

Biography

Born in Florence in 1730, Antonio Sacchini was educated in Naples. As a composer, he was active in Naples, Venice, London and Paris, where he died in 1786.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Oratorios

• Il popolo di Giuda liberato dalla morte per intercessione della regina Ester (1768 Sacchini / G.N.C.), oratorio

• Machabaeorum mater (1770 Sacchini), oratorio

• Juditta (1786 Sacchini), oratorio Paris

References

• Roberto Zanetti, DEUMM 6 (1988) 521-523

External links

• Wikipedia / Wikipedia.it