Saverio Mercadante, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Saverio Mercadante

Italian composer

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1795

Place of Birth: Altamura, Apulia, Italy

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1870

Profession: composer, musicologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 1795 – 17 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.
While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as prolific a number of works as either; and his development of operatic structures, melodic styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Giuseppe Verdi built his dramatic technique.