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Baroque Italian

POLLAROLO, Carlo Francesco

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  • Pollarolo was an organist and a composer of operas and oratorios.
  • Pollarolo spent a significant portion of his career in Venice, where his operas were regularly performed.
  • He also held positions at San Marco and other Venetian churches.1

Short biography

Sources

  1. Olga Termini, “Pollarolo, Carlo Francesco,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed December 11, 2019,  https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000022025.

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