Paolo Serrao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paolo Serrao

Italian musician

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1830

Place of Birth: Filadelfia, Calabria, Calabria, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1907

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, music theorist, music pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Paolo Serrao (11 April 1830 – 17 March 1907) was a distinguished and influential Italian teacher of musical theory and composition at Naples. Serrao was born in Filadelfia, Calabria.
As professor of composition at the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatorio at Naples, over many years, he taught many famous Italian musicians, notably Giuseppe Martucci, Umberto Giordano, Leopoldo Mugnone, Michele Esposito, Francesco Cilea, Franco Alfano, Luigi Denza and Alessandro Longo. He wrote five operas, of which Pergolesi was the most successful.
His other compositions include both concert and sacred music.
He died in Naples, aged 76.