ABSTRACT
The Cappella del Tesoro started its musical activity soon after the inauguration of the chapel in the Duomo in 1646. Filippo Coppola was the first important maestro di cappella at the Tesoro at least from 1660 and he had already held the same post in the Real Cappella and in the Chiesa dell'Annunziata. The maestro di cappella of the Fedelissima Citta was chosen by the Eletti. Greco, who later became one of the most important Neapolitan musicians in the first decades of the eighteenth century, was elected vicemaestro of the Fedelissima Citta and as a substitute in case of Provenzale's death or impediment. The Real Cappella was the most important musical institution in Naples, but the most important Neapolitan musician of the seventeenth century was denied the chance to become its maestro. A fragment of an inventory of the Cappella dated February 1705 (shortly after Provenzale's death) lists no music but only liturgical books.
