Guido Alberto Fano (18 May 1875 in Padua – 14 August 1961 at Tauriano di Spilimbergo) was an Italian pianist and composer. From 1894 he was the favoured pupil of Giuseppe Martucci.* Fano, Vitale, "“Maestro compositore a pieni voti e con lode”. Vita e opere di Guido Alberto Fano", in ''“Martini” docet. Atti delle giornate di studio'', Bologna, Conservatorio di musica “Giovan Battista Martini”, 2007, pp. 67-85. * Fano, Vitale, "Come far uscire la fanciulla dal pozzo – Vicissitudini di un'opera: Juturna di Guido Alberto Fano ed Ettore Tolomei", in ''Musica e Storia'', vol. XI, aprile 2003, Bologna, Società editrice il Mulino, pp.161-190. * Fano, Vitale, "Lo scacco di San Pietro a Majella. Guido Alberto Fano fra Martucci e Cilea", in ''Fonti Musicali Italiane'', Vol. 10, 2005, pp. 213-233. * Fano, Vitale, "'Padova e i vecchi barbogi': Lettere di Cesare Pollini a Guido Alberto Fano (1891-1908), ''Cesare Pollini: Testimonianze. Documenti e testi raccolti in occasione del 150 anniversario della nascita (1858-2008)'', a cura di Maria Nevilla Massaro, Padova: Cooperativa Libreria Editrice Università di Padova (CLEUP), 2008, 109-148. . * Fano, Vitale, "Alle fonti dell'anima italiana. Juturna: libretto wagnermediterraneo dall'Eneide", in ''Scapigliatura & Fin de Siècle. Libretti d'opera italiani 1860-1915. Scritti in onore di Mario Morini'', a cura di Johannes Streicher, Roma, ISMEZ, 2007, pp. 577-596. * Fano, Vitale, "“Oh che sensi d'amore e di calma”. Carducci e Guido Alberto Fano", in ''Qual musica attorno a Giosue'', a cura di Piero Mioli, Bologna, Pàtron Editore, 2009, pp. 107-120. From 1922 he was professor of piano at the Milan Conservatory. In 1938 he was removed from this position because of the Italian Fascist

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