Antonio Buzzolla (2 March 1815 – 20 March 1871) was an Italian composer and conductor. A native of

Adria Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...

, he studied in

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, and later worked with

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

and

Saverio Mercadante Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond ...

. He composed five operas, but was better known in his lifetime for ariettas and

canzonetta In music, a canzonetta (; pl. canzonette, canzonetti or canzonettas) is a popular Italian secular vocal composition that originated around 1560. Earlier versions were somewhat like a madrigal but lighter in style—but by the 18th century, especial ...

s in the

Venetian dialect Venetian, wider Venetian or Venetan ( or ) is a Romance language spoken natively in the northeast of Italy,Ethnologue mostly in the Veneto region, where most of the five million inhabitants can understand it. It is sometimes spoken and often ...

. Beginning in 1855 he served as the ' of the

Cappella Marciana The Cappella Marciana is the modern name for the choir and instrumentalists of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy. Overview The masters of the ''cappella ducale'' in the 16th and 17th centuries included many of the most notable composers of the I ...

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in Venice. Buzzolla was one of the composers invited by

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 h ...

to contribute to the ''

Messa per Rossini The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem Mass (music), Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's death. It was a Classical music written in collaboration, collaboration among 13 Italian composers, initiated by Giuseppe Ver ...

''; he composed the opening movement, the ''Requiem e Kyrie''. He died in Venice in 1871.

Compositions

Sacred Works

* ''Messa a quattro parti e piena orchestra'' * ''Requiem a quattro'' * ''Requiem aeternam e Kyrie'' della ''

'' (1871 al

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di Venezia con

Teresa Stolz Teresa Stolz (born 2 June 1834, Elbekosteletz (Czech: Kostelec nad Labem), Bohemia – died 23 August 1902, Milan) was a Bohemian soprano, long resident in Italy, who was associated with significant premieres of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, an ...

Achille De Bassini Achille De Bassini (5 May 1819 – 3 July 1881) was an Italian baritone, particularly noted for his performances in Verdi's operas. He created the roles of Francesco Foscari in '' I due Foscari'' (1844), Pasha Seid in ''Il corsaro'' (1848), Mille ...

) * ''Miserere'', a tre voci * many works for

not published.

Piano Music

* ''Sonata . 1in mi bemolle maggiore, Op. 1'' * ''Sonata n. 2 in sol maggiore'' * ''Marziale in do maggiore'' * ''Notturno in fa minore'' * ''Due valzer''

Operas

* ''Ferramondo'' (Venezia, Teatro San Benedetto, 3 December 1836) * ''Mastino I° della Scala'' (Venezia, Gran Teatro La Fenice, 31 May 1841) * ''Gli Avventurieri'' (Venezia, Gran Teatro La Fenice, 14 May 1842) * ''Amleto'' (Venezia, Gran Teatro La Fenice, 24 February 1848) * '' Elisabetta di Valois'' (Venezia, Gran Teatro La Fenice, 16 February 1850) * ''La puta onorata'', (in

, after

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) unfinished

Songs

* ''Serate a Rialto'', a una voce con accompagnamento di pianoforte * ''Il gondoliere'', raccolta di dodici ariette veneziane * ''I giardinieri'', duetto in veneziano * ''La campana del tramonto'' * ''La desolada'' * ''La farfala'' * ''Un baso in falo'' * ''Un ziro in gondola'' * ''Mi e ti'' * ''El fresco'' * ''El canto'' * ''Cantata funebre dei caduti di Solferino e S. Martino''

References

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