Composer
Fedele Fenaroli
Biography
Fedele Fenaroli (1730-1818) was an Italian composer and teacher, born in Lanciano and active principally in Naples. A pupil of Francesco Durante at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, he became one of the leading figures in the Neapolitan tradition of composition teaching. His partimenti and practical rules of harmony trained generations of musicians, including composers such as Domenico Cimarosa, Nicola Antonio Zingarelli and Saverio Mercadante. Alongside his influential educational work, he composed sacred music, cantatas and keyboard pieces.