Giovanni Morandi (12 May 1777 – 23 November 1856) was an Italian

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and

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of the

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Life

Morandi was born in

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(1777), and died in

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(1856), Italy. He was the most-important Italian composer of organ music in the first half of the 19th century, and was an early mentor of

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Works

Organ music

*Sonate per gli organi moderni (I raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (II raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (III raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (IV raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (V raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (VI raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (VII raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (VIII raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (IX raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (X raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (XI raccolta) *Sonate per gli organi moderni (XII raccolta) *Gran Sinfonia con variazioni *Pastorale coll'imitazione del suono de' zampognari *Il santo Natale *6 Sonate *Pastorale *Nuova Pastorale *Sinfonia in pastorale pel SS. Natale *Raccolta di Sinfonie *Suonate per l'accompagnamento d'una Messa solenne *Marcia militare da eseguirsi nelle processioni *Rondo' con imitazione de' campanelli in Fa *Sinfonia per organo *Pastorale *Gran Raccolta di Sonate per organo di una difficoltà progressiva *2 marce *Due Marcie in onore di Pio IX *1ª Raccolta di Sonate libro I *1ª Raccolta di Sonate libro II *Raccolta di quattro Sonate *Raccolta 2ª di dodici Sonate di facile esecuzione. Fasc. 1 *Raccolta 2ª di dodici Sonate di facile esecuzione. Fasc. 2 * Due marce * Raccolta di Divertimenti e Marcie per Banda militare, eseguiti nelle feste popolari in varie città dello Stato Pontificio, ridotte dall’autore per Organo (o Pianoforte) di facilissima esecuzione

Sources

* Giuseppe Radole, ''Manuale di letteratura organistica. Dal Trecento al Duemila'', Pizzicato, 2005. * Giovanni Morandi, ''Opere per organo a 4 mani. Edizione critica e Catalogo delle opere a stampa per Organo'', a cura di Gabriele Moroni, Bologna, UtOrpheus, 2005 ("Collezione Musicale Marchigiana", 3). * Giovanni Morandi, ''Sonate per organo. Prima raccolta (1808)'', edizione critica a cura di Gabriele Moroni, Ebook, Società Editrice Dante Alighieri, 2012.

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morandi, Giovanni 1777 births 1856 deaths 19th-century classical composers People from Pergola, Marche Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian Romantic composers Composers for pipe organ 19th-century Italian male musicians