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Italian composer

Not to be confused with Niccolò Piccinino.

This article is about the person.

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For the conservatory, see Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory.

Niccolò Piccinni (Italian:[nikkoˈlɔppitˈtʃinni]; 16 January – 7 May ) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera.

Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the Neapolitanopera buffa—of the Classical period.

Life

Piccinni was born in Bari, in the Apulia region.

From the age of fourteen, he was educated at the Conservatory of San Onofrio by Leonardo Leo and Francesco Durante,^[1] thanks to the intervention of the Bishop of Bari (his father, although himself a musician, was opposed to his son following the same career).

Piccinni's first opera, Le donne dispettose, was produced in with the patronage of Prince Vintimille.^[1] In he composed, at Rome, the chef d'œuvre of his ear