Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti ( 29 November 1797 -- 8 April 1848 ) was an Italian composer from Bergamo , Lombardy .
Simplified: Gaetano Donizetti ( born Bergamo 29 November 1797 ; died Bergamo 8 April 1848 ) was an Italian composer .