Antonio Caldara

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Antonio Caldara was an Italian Baroque composer renowned for his operas, oratorios, and sacred music, active in major European courts in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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instanceOf Baroque composer
Italian composer
composer
human
activeIn Mantua NERFINISHED
Rome NERFINISHED
Venice NERFINISHED
Vienna NERFINISHED
composed cantatas
chamber sonatas
masses
motets
operas
oratorios
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1670
dateOfDeath 1736
employer Court of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Court of Prince Ruspoli, Rome NERFINISHED
Mantuan court NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Italians NERFINISHED
floruit early 18th century
late 17th century
genre cantata
chamber music
opera
oratorio
sacred music
influencedBy Venetian Baroque tradition NERFINISHED
instrument cello
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
movement Baroque
notableWork Crucifixus a 16
Il più bel nome NERFINISHED
La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro NERFINISHED
La costanza in amor vince l’inganno NERFINISHED
Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo NERFINISHED
Missa dolorosa NERFINISHED
notedFor expressive vocal writing
large-scale sacred compositions
rich contrapuntal textures
occupation cellist
composer
placeOfBirth Venice NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Vienna NERFINISHED
positionHeld maestro di cappella in Mantua
maestro di cappella to Prince Ruspoli in Rome
vice-Kapellmeister at the imperial court in Vienna

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Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni patronOf Antonio Caldara
subject surface form: Pietro Ottoboni
Pietro Metastasio hasInfluenced Antonio Caldara