Philip Trajetta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philip Trajetta

American composer and music teacher

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1777

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 09-Jan-1854

Profession: composer, teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Philip Trajetta (Filippo Traetta) (January 8, 1777 – January 9, 1854) was an Italian-born American composer and music teacher.
The son of Italian composer Tommaso Traetta, in 1800 he moved as a political refugee to the United States, where he had a successful musical career as a composer and one of the founders of music conservatories in Boston (1801), New York (1812), and Philadelphia (1828).