Francesco Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745) Italie Nicola Fago (26 February 1677 - February 18, 1745) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher. Born in Taranto, he studied music at the Conservatorio della Pietà de' Turchini in Naples between 1693 and 1695. Between 1704 and 1708 he worked at the Conservatorio Sant´Onofrio. From 1705 to 1740 he was at the Conservatorio della Pietà d`Turchini, and from 1709 to 1731 at the Tesoro di San Gennaro.