Royal Palace

About

The Chapel Royal of Naples (Italian: Cappella Palatina or Cappella Reale dell'Assunta) was the sacred musical establishment of the Spanish court in Naples which began with the Aragonese Court of Naples, and continued under the Habsburgs the Bourbons, and Joseph Bonaparte.

- The first maestro Diego Ortiz arrived in the entourage of Viceroy Pedro de Toledo (1558-1570),

- Francisco Martínez de Loscos (1570-?),

- then another Fleming Giovanni de Macque (1599–1614),

- the first Italian Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1614–46),

- the Neapolitans Andrea Falconieri (1647–56), and

- then the Venetian Pietro Andrea Ziani (1680–84),

- followed by Alessandro Scarlatti (1684-1702, then again 1708-25),

- alternating in his absences with Francesco Mancini (1702-1708, then again 1725-1737),

- Paisiello (1787-) Vice masters included Domenico Sarro (-1707, then again 1725 to 1734). And in the third post of Pro-Vice Maestro from 1725 Leonardo Vinci. Francesco Provenzale was only maestro onorario.