LEONARDO See also:

• LEONARDO VINCI (1690-173o)

VINCI (1690-173o)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian musical composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Strongoli in See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria in 1690 and educated at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples under Gaetano See also:

• GRECO, EL

Greco in the Conservatorio dei Poveri di Gesu Cristo . He became known first by his comic operas in Neapolitan See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect in 1719; he also composed many serious operas . He was received into the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

Congregation of the See also:

• ROSARY (Lat. rosarium)

Rosary at Formiello in 1728 and died by poisoning in 1730, not 1732, as is generally stated . His comic operas, of which Le Zite 'n Calera (1722) is the best, are full of See also:

• LIFE

life and spirit; in his serious operas, of which Didone Abbandonata (See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, 1728) and Artaserse (Rome, 1730) are the most notable, have an incisive vigour and directness of dramatic expression deservedly praised by See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney . The well-known See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air " Vo solcando," from Artaserse, is a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good example of his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style .