Editing Johann Adolph Hasse (section)

{{Short description|German composer, singer and teacher (1699–1783)}}
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{{Infobox classical composer
| name          = Johann Adolph Hasse
| image         = Johann Adolf Hasse.jpg
| baptized      = 25 March 1699
| birth_place   = [[Bergedorf]] near Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
| death_date    = {{Death-date and age|16 December 1783|25 March 1699}}
| death_place   = Venice, Republic of Venice
| spouse        = [[Faustina Bordoni]]
| era           = [[Baroque music|Baroque]]
}}
'''Johann Adolph Hasse''' (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783){{efn|Hasse italianized his name as 'Giovanni Adolfo', which lead to the alternative spelling 'Adolf'.}}{{sfn|Hansell|2001}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mgg-online.com/mgg/stable/12599|title=Johann Adolf, Johann Adolph, Giovanni Adolfo|work=[[Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart]]|author=Wolfgang Hochstein}}</ref> was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a considerable quantity of sacred music. Married to [[soprano]] [[Faustina Bordoni]] and a friend of [[librettist]] [[Pietro Metastasio]], whose libretti he frequently set, Hasse was a pivotal figure in the development of ''[[opera seria]]'' and 18th-century music.