What is Domenico Sarro?
'''Domenico Natale Sarro''', also called '''Domenico Sarri''', (24 December 1679 – 25 January 1744) was a [[composer]] from [[Italy]]. He composed 18 [[opera]]s. He also composed, [[cantata]]s, [[oratorio]]s, and music for [[flute]]s and other [[musical instrument]]s. His operas placed great importance on the music for the singers. They are not often performed today, but they were very popular in [[Naples]] in the [[1700s]]. Sarro was born in [[Trani]], a city in southern Italy. He died in Naples. ==Life== [[File:Sarro - Il sagrifizio di Jefte - title page.jpg|thumb|The cover of Sarro's 1728 [[cantata]], ''{{lang|it|Il sagrifizio di Jefte}}'']] Domenico Sarro was born in [[Trani]], a city in the [[Apulia|Apulia region]] of Italy. His parents were Filippo and Isabella Sarro. When he was ten years old, his parents sent him to a [[conservatory]] (music school) in Naples. Some music [[historian]]s say that his first music school was the {{lang|it|Conservatorio della Pietà dei Turchini}}.<ref>Florimo (1869) p. 542</ref> Others say he also studied at the {{lang|it|Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio}}.<ref>Gelli and Poletti (2007) p. 1602</ref> (''{{lang|it|Conservatorio}}'' is the [[Italian language|Italian]] word for ''conservatory''.) He may also have been a teacher at the {{lang|it|Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio}}.<ref>Greene (1985) p. 222</ref> His first important piece of music was an [[opera]] called ''Opera d'amore'' (''The Work of Love''). It was performed in Naples in 1702. The [[Prince]] of Villafranca helped Sarro when he was a young man. The Prince helped him to get the job of assistant music master ({{lang|it|[[maestro di cappella]]}}) to the King of Naples in 1704. The Prince also paid Sarro to write pieces of music for him. In 1705 Sarro married a young music student, Caterina Tortorella. He lost his job as assistant [[royal]] music master in 1707, when [[Austria]] took over Naples. From 1707 until 1718, he composed mostly [[church music]], [[oratorio]]s and [[serenade]]s. He started writing operas again