Cesare Ciardi (28 June 1818 – 13 June 1877) was an Italian

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and

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Life

Born at

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to a Tuscan family, Ciardi eventually settled in 1853 in

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, where he was appointed in 1862 as professor at the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

and became

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teacher. Ciardi himself played as first flute in the orchestras of the Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg, including the orchestra of the Imperial Italian Opera and of that of the

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. He died at Strel'na and was succeeded in his orchestral role by

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. Ciardi possessed many talents and was also a

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and

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Work

Flute/s alone

Scherzo per due flauti op. 2 Trio scolastico op. 24 Ricordi d’Album op. 43 6 Capricci “I Piaceri della Solitudine” 22 duettini Petite trio concertant s.o. Entr'acte for the ballet ''

The Pharaoh's Daughter ''The Pharaoh's Daughter'' (russian: Дочь фараона, french: La Fille du pharaon), is a ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Cesare Pugni. The libretto was a collaboration between Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Pet ...

'', 1862

Flute & piano

Capriccio su melodie belliniane op. 12 Fantasia sui motivi della “Beatrice da Tenda” op. 21 Scherzo “Il Carnevale di Venezia” op. 22 Fantasia sui motivi di “Luisa Miller” op. 23 Simpatie pel Rigoletto op. 27 Duo concertante sui motivi de “I due Foscari” op. 29 Fantasia “L’eco dell’Arno” op. 34 Fantasia sui motivi del “Trovatore” op. 38 Fantasia sui motivi verdiani op. 40 Divertimento sui motivi del “Trovatore” op. 41 Il lamento dell’abbandonato op. 43 Fantasia “La Capricciosa” op. 44 Fantasia “Le Rossignol du Nord” op. 45 Polka “Di chi?” op. 45bis Canto elegiaco op. 46 Fiori Rossiniani op. 47 Valse “La Romantique” op. 60 Fantasia brillante “La Folle” op. 64 Il Pifferaro op. 122 3 Solos op. 124-126 Gran Concerto op. 129 3 Notturnes op. 133-135 2 Fantasies sur des motifs de “La vie pour le Czar” op. 211-212 Fantasie, Divertimenti, original works s.o.

Chamber music

Le Rossignol op. 61 (Soprano, fl.&p.no) Duetto Concertante op. 121 (2fl.&p.no) Chant Elegiaque op. 132 (vl., vc., orgue & Harp) Variazioni brillanti su motivi russi (2fl.&p.no) Duetto nell’opera “Maria Padilla” (2fl.&p.no) Duetto concertante su temi del “Barbiere di Siviglia” (fl., vl.&p.no)

Orchestral works

Il Carnevale di Venezia op. 22 for flute and strings Gran Concerto Militare (fl., cl., tr. & orch.) Le Carnaval Russe pour flute and orchestra

Didactic works

12 preludi op. 127 6 studi per flauto (Milano, 1850) 22 Etude (Moscow, 1860) 50 Point d’Orgue pour le Conservatoire de St. Petersbourg (Leipzig, 1856) Neue Flötenschule (Moscow, 1860)

External links

References

*Goldberg, A. ''Porträts und Biographien hervorragender Flöten-Virtuosen, -Dilettanten und -Komponisten''. Moeck, 1987, reprint of 1906 ed. . *Pešek, U. and Pešek, Ž. ''Flötenmusik aus drei Jahrhunderten''. Bärenreiter, 1990. . *Fabbri, R. ''Cesare Ciardi: un flautista toscano alla corte dello Zar''. LIM-AKADEMOS, Lucca, 1999. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciardi, Cesare 1818 births 1877 deaths Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian classical flautists Italian emigrants to the Russian Empire Italian music educators Italian Romantic composers 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Italian male musicians 20th-century flautists