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Grove Music Online
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[extrait de:] Paulette LETAILLEUR/David CHARLTON : 'Porta, Bernardo', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 17 June 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Porta, Bernardo
(b Rome, 1758; d Paris, 11 June 1829). Italian composer and conductor, active in France. A pupil of Magrini, he was at first maestro di cappella and director of the orchestra at Tivoli, and then moved into the service of the Prince of Salm, the prelate for Rome. In Italy he wrote masses, motets, two oratorios and an opera La principessa d’Amalfi, which was produced with little success in Rome (1780). He must have been active in Paris by 1788 (when the cantata for the Baron de Bagge was performed on 24 March). In spite of being entrusted with three librettos by Sedaine, only Le diable à quatre had any success (11 performances). He remained in Paris for the rest of his career. Among his many stage works performed there were Les Horaces (1800) and Le connétable de Clisson (1804); […]. He taught harmony in various private establishments until 1822. Much of his instrumental music was intended for beginners."
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