Francesco Lamperti (11 March 1811 or 1813 – 1 May 1892) was an Italian singing teacher.

Biography

A native of

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, Lamperti attended the

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Conservatory where, beginning in 1850, he taught for a quarter of a century. He was director at the Teatro Filodrammatico in Lodi. In 1875, he left the school and began to teach as a private tutor. Among his pupils were

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, Gottardo Aldighieri,

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, Virgilio Collini,

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, and Lizzie Graham.''SPENCER de GRAHAM, Lizzie. (Isabel.).''
Fernando Callejo Ferrer. "Música y Músicos Portorriqueños." Project Gutenberg. 4 August 2013. Page 188. Retrieved 10 January 2014. His methods were very similar to older Italian methods, and he wrote a number of

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s on the subject.

Award

Lamperti was created a Commander of the Crown of Italy for his services to music.

Personal life

His son

Giovanni Battista Lamperti Giovanni Battista Lamperti (24 June 1839 – 18 March 1910) was an Italian singing teacher and son of the singing teacher Francesco Lamperti. He is the author of ''The Technics of Bel Canto'' (1905) and source for ''Vocal Wisdom: Maxims of Giovan ...

(1839–1910) was also a well-known voice teacher. He died in Como, Lombard on 1 May 1892

Publications

* ''Guida teorico-pratica-elementare per lo studio del canto''. Milan: Ricordi, 1864. * ''Studi di bravura per soprano''. Translated as ''Studies in bravura singing for the soprano voice''. New York: 1875. * ''Esercizi giornalieri per soprano o mezzo-soprano'' * ''L'arte del canto''. Milan: Ricordi, 1883. * ''Osservazioni e consigli sul trillo'' * ''Solfeggi''. Translated as ''Art of Singing'' by J. C. Griffith. London: Ricordi, 1877. Revised edition: New York: Edward Schuberth, 1890. (There also may be an edition by G. Schirmer).

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