Gaetano Donizetti

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797–8 April 1848) was a famous Italian opera composer. His most famous work is Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

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He was born in Bergamo into a very poor family with no tradition of music, but in 1806 he was one of the first pupils to be enrolled in a charity school at Bergamo founded by Simon Mayr.

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Donizetti is best known for his operatic works, but he also wrote music in a number of other forms, including some church music, a number of string quartets, and some orchestral works.

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He is also the younger brother of Giuseppe Donizetti, who had become, in 1828, Instructor General of the Imperial Ottoman Music at the court of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839).

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