A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Cotumacci, Carlo

by Mary Catherine Hamilton

COTUMACCI, or CONTUMACCI, Carlo, born at Naples 1698, died there 1775; pupil of A. Scarlatti, succeeded Durante at S. Onofrio; organist and prolific composer of church music. He wrote 'Regole dell' accompagnamento' and 'Trattato di contrapunto,' works which have remained in MS, excepting some 'Partimenti,' published by Choron in his 'Principes de composition des écoles d'Italie' (Paris 1808).

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