!!!Caldara, Antonio

b. Venice (Italy), around 1670, 
d. Vienna, Dec. 28, 1736, musician, Italian composer of the late 
baroque period; trained in Venice, first in service in Mantua and 
Rome; Deputy Court Music Director from Jan. 1, 1715 (with J. J.  
Fux); apparently more highly esteemed by Karl VI than his Court Music 
Director Fux. Composed mainly operas and oratorios; his very extensive 
work has so far been investigated only partially.

!Works
About 90 operas (Daphne, La Clemenza di Tito and others), 43 
oratorios, various secular and spiritual Cantatas, trio sonatas and 
masses.

!Literature
B. Pritchard, A. C., 1987.



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