Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Italian Baroque violin player, organist and composer (born January 4, 1710 in Jesi (Ancona) Italy, died March 16 or 17, 1736 in Pozzuoli (Napoli) Italy).

Pergolesi composed serious and comic operas, interludes, oratories, cantatas, sacred music, instrumental music, but it was "La serva padrona" and "Stabat Mater" that ensured him undying fame.

"La serva padrona" is the masterpiece of comic theater, which later became the model of this musical genre, later followed by musicians such as Mozart and Rossini.