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Leonardo Vinci
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Leonardo Vinci was in 1719 "maestro di cappella" to the Prince of Sansaverio in Naples. His operatic output falls into two parts: "commedie" in Neapolitan dialect and "opere serie". Vinci was one of the first Italian composers to write ritornellos, consisting af agitated arpeggio figures, propelled by the momentum of the harmony or by a crecendo rather than by the flow of a melody. MIDI FILE - From Sonata for flute and b.c.: Allegro (2'13'') For a few years during the 1720s, Vinci was the leader of the new generation of "opera seria" composers whose style marked a fairly radical break with Alessandro Scarlatti. 
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