Saverio Mercadante - he was born in Altamura in 1795; he studied at the Collegio San Sebastiano in Naples; his teachers were Tritto, Zingarelli and Fenaroli, some of the best exponents of the school of Naples. In 1819 - by then he had already composed symphonies, quartets and several other works for various instruments - he had already composed symphonies, quartets and several other works for verious instruments - he had his first opera staged in Naples: "L'apoteosi d'Ercole"; it evoked the greatest interest and, until 1866 - the year in which his last score was composed - was followed by sixty melodramas plus an unfinished one. They were staged, some with great, some with less success, in many Italian cities and in Paris, Vienna, Cadiz, Madrid and Lisbon.

Lista utworów:
Sonata nr 1 e-moll (Mercandante Saverio) Sonata nr 2 F-dur (Mercandante Saverio) Sonata nr 3 E-dur (Mercandant Saverio)