Tommaso Traetta

Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (30 March 1727 – 6 April 1779), was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School . Along with other composers mainly in the Holy Roman Empire and France , he was responsible for certain operatic reforms including reducing the ornateness of style and the primacy of star singers.

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