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Gaetano Donizetti
Gaetano Donizetti, portrait by Giovanni Carnevali; in the Museo Donizettiano, Bergamo, Italy.
Gaetano Donizettiās first important music teacher was Giovanni Simone Mayr, a Bavarian priest who served as the musical director of Sta. Maria Maggiore, the chief church in Bergamo.
Recognizing Donizetti's nascent musical talent, Mayr encouraged his development and secured his admission to the Liceo Filarmonico in Bologna, where Donizetti received formal training in fugue and counterpoint.1