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Riccardo Gandolfi
Riccardo Gandolfi (16 February 1839 – 6 April 1920) was an Italian composer and music critic. Biography Born in Voghera. His mother Camilla Guiscardi was a painter. He was sent to study musical composition in the Conservatory of Naples under C. Conti. He then moved to Florence to study under Teodulo Mabellini and Giovanni Pacini. His first opera, ''Aldina'', was staged in the Santa Radegonda theater of Milan. His second opera, ''Il paggio'', was staged at the Royal Theater of Turin. He also wrote ''Il Conte di Monreale'' and ''Caterina di Guisa''. He wrote a number of symphonic and chamber works, including a requiem for King Carlo Alberto played in the Turin Cathedral. He wrote a cantata ''Il battesimo di Santa Cecilia'' (1875). However, Gandolfi served for two decades as libarian of the Conservatory Luigi Cherubini in Florence, and is best remembered for his publications on music and musicians. Publications *''Appunti intorno all'arpa, all'oboe e all'organo'' (Florence 1887); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voghera
The Castle of Voghera in a 19th-century etching. Voghera ( Vogherese dialect of Emilian: ''Vughera''; Latin: ''Forum Iulii Iriensium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy. The population was 39,374 as of 2017. It is the third most populated town in the province, after Pavia and Vigevano. It is located 30 km south-southwest of that city, on the Staffora (a tributary of the Po). It is the main town of Oltrepò Pavese and is an important rail and road hub as well as a renowned wine producer. History Known in ancient times as ''Iria'', the town took its name from the river on which it was situated. It was on the road from Piacenza to '' Dertona'', and was made a colony by Augustus (''colonia Forum Iulium Iriensium''). In the 1st century CE, it was destroyed by the Rugii, and it is next mentioned as ''Viqueria'' (contracted from ''vicus Iriae'', Iria's village) in the 10th century. After several lordships, it was acquired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata
Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata (15 May 1807 – 24 September 1881) was an Italian composer and music critic. Life Before 1849 Born in Würzburg in the Grand Duchy of Würzburg (now Bavaria), Casamorata was the son of the Grand Duke's inspector Luigi Giacomo Casamorata, who stayed with the Grand Duke Ferdinando III in exile in Germany.Claudio Paradiso (ed.): ''Il cavalier Ferdinando Giorgetti, musicista romantico a Firenze'' (Roma: Società editrice di musicologia, 2015). Already when he was seven years old, he moved to Florence and studied piano. In 1825, while he was attending law school at the university, he tried a competition for composition at the Accademia di Belle Arti with Ferdinando Giorgetti. At that point, he attempted a career in the theatre. He composed some ballets, but his attempts to write a comic opera were opposed by the producers, who forced him instead to debut with a dramma, ''Iginia d'Asti'', first seen in Pisa in 1838 but was immediately jeered at in Bologna few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Music Critics
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Italian Male Composers
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19th-century Italian Male Musicians
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1881 Deaths
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1807 Births
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini, whose works significantly influenced him. In his early operas, Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera ''Nabucco'' (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements. As he became professionally successful, he was able ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Gordigiani
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