Ms Bartoli focuses on the music and influence of Nicola Porpora, a largely forgotten 18th-century Neapolitan musician.
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Like Schoenberg in the 20th century, Porpora was well-known as a composer in London in the 1730s he was second only to Handel in popularity as a writer of operas but equally famous for his students.