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Eliza Mazzucato Young (July 7, 1846 – March 27, 1937) was an Italian-born American composer, musician, and educator. She wrote ''Mr. Sampson of Omaha'' (1888), one of the first operas by a woman to be produced in the United States.
Eliza Mazzucato taught at the National Training School of Music in London, before it closed in 1882, and then at the
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Early life
Elisa Mazzucato was born inMilan
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, the daughter of opera composer Alberto Mazzucato and Teresa Bolza, a daughter of Count , Austrian
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police commissioner in Milan.
Her father was the director of the conservatory at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She studied music with her father, and in London.
Career
Eliza Mazzucato taught at the National Training School of Music in London, before it closed in 1882, and then at the Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including performanc ...
. She resigned in 1883 when she married one of the students, an American baritone named Bicknell Young. The couple moved to Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
in 1885, to open a music school, and they performed together in New York City in 1886. By 1895, they were living in Chicago, performing, touring, and teaching at the Chicago Conservatory.
Young composed the music for the comic opera ''Mr. Sampson of Omaha'' (1888), one of the first operas by a woman to be produced in the United States; the libretto was by Fred Nye. Sheet music for songs from the opera continued to be published for years after its debut. Other compositions by Young included a one-act opera, ''The Maiden and the Reaper,'' and short works for voice, including a song in French, "Le Roi Don Juan", and a setting of Psalm 130
Psalm 130 is the 130th psalm of the Book of Psalms, one of the penitential psalms and one of 15 psalms that begin with the words "A song of ascents" (Shir Hama'alot). The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from "out of the depths" or "o ...
. She also wrote pedagogical pieces, such as "Staccato Étude in B".
Personal life
Eliza Mazzucato married fellow musician Brigham Bicknell Young (1856-1938), a son of Joseph Young and a nephew ofBrigham Young
Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as ch ...
, in London in 1883. They had three sons, Arrigo Mazzucato Young (1884-1954, born in England), Hilgard Bicknell Young (1885-1979, born in Utah), and Umberto Young (1887-1965, born in Utah). Despite her husband's family connections in the Mormon
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community, the couple were adherents to Christian Science from the 1890s. Eliza Mazzucato Young died in Beverly Hills, California in 1937, aged 90 years.
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