Chapel Royal of Naples
The Chapel Royal of Naples was the sacred musical establishment of the Spanish court in Naples which began with the Aragonese Court of Naples, and continued under the Habsburgs the Bourbons, and Joseph Napoleon.Masters of the chapel included:
- The first maestro Diego Ortiz arrived in the entourage of Viceroy Pedro de Toledo,
- Francisco Martínez de Loscos,
- a Flemish maestro,
- then another Fleming Giovanni de Macque,
- the first Italian Giovanni Maria Trabaci,
- the Neapolitans Andrea Falconieri, and
- Filippo Coppola,
- then the Venetian Pietro Andrea Ziani,
- followed by Alessandro Scarlatti,
- alternating in his absences with Francesco Mancini,
- Domenico Sarro,
- Leonardo Leo,
- then Giuseppe de Majo,
- Pasquale Cafaro,
- Paisiello
Vice masters included Domenico Sarro. And in the third post of Pro-Vice Maestro from 1725 Leonardo Vinci. Francesco Provenzale was only maestro onorario.
Organists included Leonardo Leo.
