Giovanni Prota (ca.1786 - 13/06/1843), an Italian pedagogue and composer (from Naples). Givoanni Prota , composer; b. Naples, c. 1786; d. there, June 13?, 1843. He pursued his career in Naples, where he was a voice teacher and maestro e compositore at the Real Casa d’Educazione Miracoli, the Regina Isabella Borane school for young Neapolitan noblewomen, from about 1820. For Naples, he composed II servo furbo, opera buffa (Carnival 1803), Amor dal naufragio, opera buffa (Jan. 1810), and II cimento felice, opera semiseria (1815). Among his other works were instrumental pieces and much sacred vocal music.
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Missa di requiem a due cori con piu stromenti
| Period: | Classicism |
| Composed in: | 1798 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Prota wrote a Missa di requiem a due cori con piu stromenti dated 20/12/1798 (held in Naples) is attributed to him, which would therefore represent the efforts of a 12 year old!
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis |
Lessons for the nocturnes De’morti
| Period: | Early Romanticism |
| Musical form: | lessons |
Prota wrote six lessons for the nocturnes De’morti, for one voice and orchestra.
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis |
