Elena Barbara Giuranna (18 November 1899 – 30 July 1998) was an

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pianist and composer.

Life

Barbara Giuranna was born in Palermo,

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and studied piano at the Palermo Conservatory with Guido Alberto Fano. She also studied composition at the Naples Conservatory with Camillo De Nardis and Antonio Savasta. She continued her education in composition at the

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with

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. After completing her studies, Giuranna taught at the

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from 1937 to 1970 and worked as an editor of 18th-century music. She was a music consultant to

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in Rome from 1948 to 1956, and she was elected a member of the

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in 1982. She died in

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Works

Giuranna composed works for stage, orchestra, chamber ensemble, chorus, violin, and piano. Giuranna also published arrangements of 18th-century music including

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, and Cimarosa. Selected works include:

Theatrical works

*''La trappola d’oro'' (ballet), 1929 *''Jamanto'' (op, 3, Giuranna), opera 1941 *''Mayerling'' (op, 3, V. Viviani), Naples, S Carlo, 1960 *''Hosanna'' (op, 1, C. Pinelli), Palermo, Massimo, 1978 Choral: 3 cori, male chorus, 1940

Other works

*''3 canti alla Vergine'', Soprano voice, female chorus, small orchestra, 1949 *''Missa sinite parvulos'', children's chorus, harp, organ, 1992 *''Notturno'', 1923 *''Apina rapita dai nani della montagna'', (''tr. "Apina kidnapped by the mountain dwarves"'') suite after A. France, small orchestra, 1924 *''Marionette'', 1927 *''X legio'' (''Tenth Legion''), Poema eroico per grande orchestra/Heroic Poem for Large orchestra, 1936 *''Toccata'' for orchestra, 1937 *''Patria'' 1938 *''Concerto for orchestra'' no.1, 1942 *''Episodi'', wind, brass, timpani, piano, 1942 *''Concerto for orchestra'' no.2, 1965 *''Musica per Olivia'', for small orchestra, 1970 *''Adagio e Allegro da concerto'', 9 instruments, 1935 *''Sonatina'', piano, 1935 *''Toccata'', piano, 1937 *''Sonatina'', harp, 1941 *''Solo per viola', 1982

References

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