Giovanni Battista Lampugnani

This article is about the composer. For the 17th century writer, see Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (writer).

Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (c. 1708 – 2 June 1786) was an Italian composer, born in Milan. He studied in Naples where he made his debut as a composer of opera in 1732. In 1743 he went to London to take over the opera from Baldassare Galuppi at the King's Theatre, but he soon returned to Milan. Lampugnani later became the maestro al cembalo (meaning "master of the harpsichord") in 1779 at the Teatro alla Scala.

Giovanni Battista Lampugnani
Born	c. 1708 Milan
Died	(1786-06-02)2 June 1786 Milan
Occupations	Composer Harpsichordist

Lampugnani wrote thirty operas during his lifetime, such as Semiramide (1741), Rossane, Tigrane (1747), Artaserse, Siroe (1755) and L'amor contadino (1760). He also composed some non-operatic pieces, e.g., trio sonatas and church music.^[1]

He died in Milan.

References

1. Blom, Eric (1988). Cummings, David (ed.). The New Everyman Dictionary of Music (Sixth ed.). J.M. Dent & Sons Limited. p. 401. ISBN 0-460-03037-X.

External links

• Free scores by Giovanni Battista Lampugnani at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)