LC control no. | n 97848516 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Araja, Francesco, 1709- |
Variant(s) | Araja, Francesco, 1709-1770 Araia, Francesco, 1709- Araya, Francesco, 1709- |
Associated country | Italy |
Located | Saint Petersburg (Russia) |
Birth date | 17090625 |
Death date | 1762/1770~ |
Place of birth | Naples (Italy) |
Profession or occupation | Composers Impresarios |
Special note | Neapolitan composer who worked in Russia from 1735. Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection. |
Found in | New Grove (prefers spelling Araia, with Araja as variant) Baker (prefers Araja) *MGTB (Russian) Mooser, R.A. Annales de la musique et des musiciens en Russie au XVIIIme siècle. v. 1. (Genève, 1948. *MGTZ-Res. (Céphale et Procris) 90-9577 Sumarokov, A. Céphale et Procris. 1755. (Name appears as M. Araya, Napolitain) Grove music online, September 26, 2013 (Araja (Araia), Francesco; born June 25, 1709, Naples; died ?1770, ? Bologna; Italian composer; in 1735 moved to St. Petersburg where he organized the first music school in Russia; organized weekly concerts for the Tsar, who appointed him maestro di cappella in 1761; left Russia in 1762 and appears to have returned to Italy; place and date of his death are uncertain) Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2. Ausg. (Araja (Araia), Francesco Domenico; born June 25, 1709, Naples; died after 1762, Bologna?; composer) Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti (Araja, Francesco; born June 25, 1709, Naples; died ca. 1770, Bologna, or possibly Naples; Italian composer and impresario) Wikipedia, September 26, 2013 (Francesco Araja; Francesco Domenico Araja (or Araja, Russian: Арайя); born June 25, 1709, Naples, Kingdom of Sicily; died between 1762 and 1770, Bologna, States of the Church; Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imperial Court including Tsefal i Prokris, the first opera in Russian) Italian Wikipedia, September 26, 2013 (Francesco Araja; Francesco Domenico Araja, or Araja; born June 25, 1709, Naples; died circa 1770, Bologna) |