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Events on Wednesday 7 May 1800 2
1728 – 1800Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800)Died 7 May 1800, aged 72Piccinni was an Italian composer of more than a hundred operas, among them La Cecchina. In Paris his supporters were set against Gluck's in a famous quarrel over opera. He died at Passy, near Paris.
1728 – 1800Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800)Died 7 May 1800, aged 72Piccinni was an Italian composer of more than a hundred operas, among them La Cecchina. In Paris his supporters were set against Gluck's in a famous quarrel over opera. He died at Passy, near Paris.