Antonio Pio (composer)

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Antonio Pio (1753 in Ravenna – 1795), was an Italian composer. He spent several years in St. Petersburg as music teacher at the Russian court, following Paisiello and Cimarosa. His oratorio Gionata was composed for a festival of the Virgin Mary in his home town in 1779.[1]

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  1. ^ A Dictionary of Musicians from the Earliest Ages to the ...1824 - - Page 294 "PIO, (ANTONIO) chapel-master at Ravenna, was a native of that city. He is numbered amongst the dramatic composers of Italy, between the years 1783 and 1791. One of his operas was entitled “Nctluno ed Egle," op. ser. Venice, 1783."