Giuseppe Giordani

Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani (December 19, 1751, Naples – January 4, 1798, Fermo)[1] was an Italian composer, mainly of opera.

[1] He studied music in Naples with Domenico Cimarosa and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli.

In 1774 he was appointed as music director of the chapel of the Duomo of Naples.

His sacred drama La distruzione di Gerusalemme was a notable success at the Teatro San Carlo of Naples in 1787.

Until recently, the popular aria Caro Mio Ben (1783) was ascribed to Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani.