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Giuseppe Avossa
18th centuryitalian
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Giuseppe Avossa (or d'Avossa) b. Paola, Calabria, 1708; d. Naples, Jan. 9, 1796. He studied with Gaetano Greco and Francesco Durante in Naples, and later held the position of maestro di cappella at S. Maria Verticelli, Naples, and at Pesaro, where he also conducted the orch. of the municipal theater. He wrote 4 operas, the most popular being La Pupilla (Naples, Carnival 1763), and much sacred music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.