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Araja, Francesco, 1709-

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Personal name headingAraja, Francesco, 1709-
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Variant(s)Araja, Francesco, 1709-1770
Araia, Francesco, 1709-
Araya, Francesco, 1709-
Associated countryItaly
LocatedSaint Petersburg (Russia)
Birth date17090625
Death date1762/1770~
Place of birthNaples (Italy)
Profession or occupationComposers Impresarios
Special noteNeapolitan composer who worked in Russia from 1735.
Data contributed by the Dance Heritage Coalition for the New York Public Library Dance Collection.
Found inNew 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)