Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante
Born: 16th September 1795, Altamura, Italy
Died: 17th December 1870, Naples, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as prolifically as any of them, and his development of operatic structures, melodic styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Giuseppe Verdi built his dramatic technique.
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