Gaetano Andreozzi

Background

Gaetano was born in 1763, in Naples, Campania, Italy. He went to Russia in 1784; finally settled in Naples, whence poverty drove him in 1825 to Paris.

Career

Gaetano Andreozzi was an Italian composer, was a pupil of Jommelli.

Achievements

• He composed 27 operas, the first, at the age of 16, being La Morte di Cesare for the Teatro Argen- tino at Rome, printed 6 string-quartets in Florence, 1786, and in 1790 became m. di c. there, and the following year at Madrid. He also wrote 3 oratorios.