Domenico Cercia (c.1775 - c.1819), an Italian composer, born at Naples, flourished about the end of the 18th century. Dramatic composer, pupil of Fenaroli. Works— Operas: Scipione in Cartagine, given at Naples about 1790 ; II servo trappoliere, ib., about 1795 ; L' equivoco curioso, opera buSa, ib., about the end of the 18th century; Le false magie per amore, do., ib., do.; La marinaressa di spirito, ib., do.; I vecchi delusi, ib., about 1796; Gli amanti in angustie, ib., do.; Ilo Robbe vecchie, in Neapolitan dialect, ib.; Lo matrimonio utruppecuso, do., ib.; La Passione del Signore, oratorio ; La disfatta de' mori in Valenza, cantata ; La fuga ed il trioufo di Davidde, do. ; 3 cantatas for Christmas ; Te Deum ; 14 solemn masses ; 2 requiem masses ; Pastoral mass ; 4 motets, etc.