The Neapolitan school - 2018

Four prestigious conservatories for the training of young musicians, named respectively after “S. Onofrio,” “Madonna di Loreto,” “Poveri di Gesù Cristo,” and “Pietà de’ Turchini,” and many theaters, among which the San Carlo (1737) stood out. the Viceregal Court, and the Deputation of San Gennaro are the institutions that witnessed the development of the “Neapolitan School of Music.”

From here, musicians set out to bring the classical and popular music of Naples throughout Europe, from Lisbon to St. Petersburg, and from the end of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century, they dictated musical taste on the continent, creating a language that was almost universal. At the same time, many musicians came to Naples from the north: Hasse, Handel, Mozart…