Amilcare Zanella (26 September 1873 - 9 January 1949) was an Italian
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Born in
Monticelli d'Ongina
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Monticelli d'Ongina bord ...
, Zanella studied in
Cremona
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under Andreotti before entering the
Parma Conservatory
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, where he studied under
Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso.
Biography
Born in Crema, Lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist ...
and graduated in 1891. The following year he went to
South America, where he worked as an opera conductor and a pianist; upon his return to his native land in 1901, he organized an orchestra that traveled the country giving symphonic concerts. It was with this group that he introduced some of his own music. In 1903 he became director of his alma mater, remaining in the post for two years; in 1905 he was tapped to succeed
Pietro Mascagni as head of the
Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" in
Pesaro
Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...
. There he was to remain until 1939, when he was succeeded in the post by
Riccardo Zandonai. He died in Pesaro.
Zanella's compositional output consisted mainly of orchestral and chamber works.
He also composed three operas; ''Aura'' (1910, to a libretto by
Ida Finzi), premiered at the Liceo Rossini; ''La Sulamita'' (1926, to a libretto by Antonio Lega), premiered at the
Teatro Politeama Piacentino in
Piacenza; and ''Il revisore'' (1940, after ''
The Government Inspector'' of
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
), premiered at the
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste, Italy and named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi. Privately constructed, it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800-seat "Cesareo Regio Teatro di San Pie ...
in
Trieste.
During his career he was also well-regarded as a pianist.
References
External links
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Scores by Amilcare Zanellaat the digital librar
Polona.pl
1873 births
1949 deaths
Italian classical composers
Italian male classical composers
Italian opera composers
Male opera composers
19th-century Italian composers
19th-century Italian male musicians
20th-century Italian composers
20th-century Italian male musicians
People from the Province of Piacenza
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