Girolamo Abos
Born: 16th November 1715, Valletta, Malta
Died: May 1760, Naples, Italy
Nationality: Maltese - Italian
Girolamo Abos, last name also given Avos or d'Avossa and baptized Geronimo Abos was a Maltese-Italian composer of both operas and church music.
Born in Valletta, Malta, son of Gian Tommaso Abos, whose father was a Frenchman from Castellane and Rosa Farrugia, Abos studied under Leonardo Leo and Francesco Durante in Naples. In 1756, he became Maestro al Cembalo (Director of Music) at the Italian Theatre in London. In 1758 he returned to Italy as a teacher at the Conservatorio della Pietà de' Turchini in Naples, where Giovanni Paisiello was one of his pupils . He wrote fourteen operas for the opera houses in Naples, Rome, and London, of which Tito Manlio (Naples, 1751) was the most successful.
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Sacred Music of the 18th Century by Maltese Composers
Gillian Zammit (soprano), Claire Massa (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Montebello (bass-baritone), Joseph Aquilina (tenor), The Jubal Orchestra, The Jubal Mixed Voice Choir, Girolamo Abos, John Galea
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Abos: A Maltese Christmas | Christmas Music from Malta
Maïllys de Villoutreys (soprano), Zoë Brown (soprano), Myriam Arbouz (alto), George Pooley (tenor), Mauro Borgioni (bass), Charmian Bedford (soprano), Christiane Rittner (soprano), Dominique Bilitza (alto), Vladimir Tarasov (tenor), Jonathan Brown (bass) Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
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Special offer. Abos, Tartini & Gasparini: Stabat mater
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Isabelles Desrochers (soprano), Martin Oro (alto) Ensemble Stradivaria, Daniel Cuiller
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