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Ignazio Prota
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- Napoli, Italy
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- 1690–1748
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Ignazio Prota (15 September 1690 – January 1748) was an Italian composer and music educator. He was the father of composer Tommaso Prota and the grandfather of composer Gabriele Prota.
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Prota was born and died in Naples, Kingdom of Naples. He taught for many years at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples where two of his students were composers Matteo Capranica and Niccolò Jommelli. See: List of music students by teacher: N to Q#Ignazio Prota. He wrote mainly sacred music and produced 3 operas.
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- MusicBrainz
- 08b0b872-3ddf-41d9-9aeb-2eaea50ea3c6
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- 0000000409543829
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