Neapolitan School

In music history, the Neapolitan School is a group, associated with opera, of 17th and 18th-century composers who studied or worked in Naples, Italy, the best known of whom is Alessandro Scarlatti, with whom "modern opera begins". Francesco Provenzale is generally considered the school's founder. Others significant composers of this school are Giambattista Pergolesi, Domenico Cimarosa and Giovanni Paisiello.

"It is with the Neapolitan school...that the History of Modern Music commences—insofar as that music speaks the language of the feelings, emotions, and passions."

- Schluter

The Neapolitan School has been considered in between the Roman School and the Venetian School in importance.

However, "The concept of Neapolitan school, or more particularly Neapolitan opera, has been questioned by a number of scholars. That Naples was a significant musical center in the 18th century is beyond doubt. Whether the composers working in Naples at that time developed or partook of a distinct and characteristic musical style is less clear" since so little is known about the repertory.

Members

 * Girolamo Abos (1715-1760)
 * Cataldo Amodei (1649-1693)
 * Gaetano Andreozzi (1755-1826)
 * Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797)
 * Francesco Araja (1709-1770 circa)
 * Gennaro Astarita (1749-1805)
 * Pietro Auletta (1698 circa-1771)
 * Michele Caballone (1692-1740)
 * Pasquale Cafaro (1715-1783)
 * Luigi Caruso (1754-1823)
 * Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
 * Carlo Coccia (1782-1873)
 * Nicola Conforto (1718-1793)
 * Antonio Corbisiero (1720-1790)
 * Francesco Corbisieri (1733 circa-1802)
 * Giacomo Cordella (1786-1847)
 * Giuseppe Curcio (1752-1832)
 * Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775)
 * Francesco Durante (1684–1755)
 * Lorenzo Fago (1704-1793)
 * Nicola Fago (1677-1745)
 * Pasquale Fago (1740-1994)
 * Fedele Fenaroli (1730-1818)
 * Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
 * Nicola Fiorenza (?-1764)
 * Ignazio Fiorillo (1715-1787)
 * Domenico Fischietti (1725-1810)
 * Gaspare Gabellone (1727-1796)
 * Giuseppe Giordani (1751-1798)
 * Tommaso Giordani (1730 circa-1806)
 * Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728-1804)
 * Gaetano Greco (1657circa-1728)
 * Giacomo Insanguine (1728-1793)
 * Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)
 * Gaetano Latilla (1711-1788)
 * Vincenzo Lavigna (1776-1836)
 * Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
 * Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698-1765 circa)
 * Nicola Manfroce (1791-1813)
 * Gennaro Manna (1715-1779)
 * Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770
 * Giuseppe de Majo (1697-1771)
 * Francesco Mancini (1672-1737)
 * Gaetano Manna (1751-1804)
 * Pietro Marchitelli (1643 -1729)
 * Gaetano Marinelli (1754-1820 circa)
 * Giuseppe Mosca (1772-1839)
 * Luigi Mosca (1775-1824)
 * Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
 * Antonio Palella (1692-1761)
 * Silvestro Palma (1754-1834)
 * Pietro Domenico Paradies (1707-1791)
 * Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
 * Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
 * Andrea Perrucci (1651-1704)
 * Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
 * Giuseppe Porsile (1680-1750)
 * Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
 * Angelo Ragazzi (1680-1750)
 * Donato Ricchezza (1648-1716)
 * Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786)
 * Nicola Sala (1713-1801)
 * Giovanni Salvatore (1611-1688)
 * Angelo Tarchi (1760 circa-1814)
 * Giacomo Sarcuni (1690 - 1758)
 * Domenico Sarro (1679-1744)
 * Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
 * Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 or 1723-1777)
 * Gregorio Sciroli (1722-1781)
 * Giuseppe Sellitto (1700-1777)
 * Alessandro Speranza (1724-1797)
 * Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
 * Giacomo Tritto (1733-1824)
 * Gennaro Ursino (1650-?)
 * Vincenzo Lavigna (1776-1836)
 * Gaetano Veneziano (1665-1716)
 * Giovanni Veneziano (1683-1742)
 * Mattia Vento (1735-1776)
 * Leonardo Vinci (1690–1730)
 * Nicola Antonio Zingarelli (1752-1837)