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"Naples is the musical capital of Europe, which is to say, the whole world
(Charles de Brosses (1739)) The term
Neapolitan music school identifies a specific school of music developed in the city of Naples over a period of over five centuries, from the first half of the sixteenth century and, through the following centuries, until the early twentieth century but which are strengthened and reference is academic in the world of the time in the eighteenth century. From five hundred to around the eighteenth century were collected in Naples, the most outstanding musicians, the most celebrated singers, instrumentalists and more skilled. This is not a case of fate but a natural aptitude for the music of the Neapolitan people and his organization. The Conservatives Neapolitans were all born between the mid and late sixteenth century, were in chronological order of foundation: the Conservatory of Santa Maria di Loreto (1537), one of the Mercy of Turchini (1573), the Poor of Jesus Christ (1589) and that of a Porta Capuana Sant'Onofrio 1598. Initially, these institutions were created to accommodate orphans and / or poor is not only the city of Naples, but throughout the kingdom. Among the subjects taught there was music and when at the end of the seventeenth century, we realize that due to the presence of extraordinary teachers, such as Alessandro Scarlatti, Francesco Durante Francesco Provenzale and this teaching, was giving unexpected results and high quality.




Domenico Cimarosa is considered one of the last great masters School of Music napoletanaTale school has the distinction of having given birth to the so-called comic opera, opera buffa harbinger of the future.
One of its greatest exponents was Domenico Cimarosa but other great composers - including even Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro-born citizen of the world (he ended his life in a village outside Paris) - are among the undisputed masters of that that was more of a European cultural phenomenon will generate a simple kind of music. Among them includes the names of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Leonardo Vinci, Pasquale Anfossi, Antonio Sacchini, Nicola Vaccaj and Leonardo Leo.

Among the glories of the Baroque era have resulted in a long line of castrated - Then, countertenors - able to wonder through the use of their voice the public of the court. It reminds of the many the great Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli.

The history of the school revolves around the creation, in later times, four conservatives in the capital of Campania - now grouped in the Conservatorio San Pietro a Maiella (where he was also director Francesco Cilea) - derived from pre-existing orphanages:

Conservatory of the Poor of Jesus Christ
Conservatory Sant'Onofrio Porta Capuana
Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto
Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini