Previous posts for March 30th may be found here: John Stafford Smith (2019), Celine Dion (2020), Eric Clapton (2021). Johann Wilhelm Wilms (2022), Antonio de Cabezón (2023), and John Stafford Smith (2024)
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Tommaso Traetta (30 March 1727 – 6 April 1779) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.
Pick Your Battles
According to the Traetta Association in Bitonto, Traetta left Saint Petersburg under threat of assassination by the empress—it seems he was enraged that she insisted on a happy ending for Antigona, and in revenge put music for Polish independence into the final chaconne. He left in time, but his librettist was poisoned. — Wikipedia
Tommaso Traetta, his life story goes,
Had a run in with Catherine the Great,
For when she took umbrage at one of his shows,
He was nearly Traetta "the late."
He escaped just in time, (his librettist did not),
And here, my dear friends, is the morale:
If you work for an empress, enjoy what you've got,
And never engage in a quarrel!
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