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Domenico Gizzi

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Engraving of Italian composers Tomaso Albinoni, Domenico Gizzi and Giuseppe Colla by Pietro Bettelini, after a drawing by Luigi Scotti.

Domenico Gizzi (Arpino, 1680 – Naples, 1745) was an Italian composer and singing teacher.[1] Also known as "Egizio" or "Egiziello", he founded a famous singing school in 1720 and among his pupils counted Francesco Feo and Gioacchino Conti, who was named "Gizziello" in his teacher's honour.

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  1. ^ Waldo Selden Pratt The History of Ballroom Dancing 1907 "Other important singing-teachers were Domenico Gizzi and his pupil Fernando Feo.."