Guido Pannain (17 November 1891 – 6 September 1977) was an Italian musicologist, critic and classical composer.

Life and career

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Pannain was the son of the composer and pianist Eduardo Pannain and the nephew of the composer and music theorist Antonio Pannain.Pier Paolo De Martino (2014).
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'', Vol. 80 (in Italian). Rome:

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. He got a degree in counterpoint and composition at the conservatory of San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory, and graduated in letters at the

Federico II University The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

. Between 1915 and 1947, he served as professor at the Naples Conservatory, and between 1952 and 1955 he was professor of music history at the

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. Pannain was author of numerous studies and essays, often focusing on the history of the Neapolitan music; among his most important works, ''Modern composers'' (in Italian ''Musicisti dei tempi nuovi'', 1932), a collection of profiles of the leading contemporary composers, ''La vita del linguaggio musicale: saggio di estetica'' ("The Life of Musical Language: An Essay on Aesthetics", 1947), an essay in which he applied the

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's neo-idealistic theories over music, and ''Storia della musica'' (1936-1964), a history of the music he co-wrote with

Andrea Della Corte Andrea Della Corte was an Italian musicologist and critic. Born in Naples on 5 April 1883, Della Corte studied law at the University of the native city, but was self-taught in music.Pestelli, ''Grove'' After some short experiences in Neapolitan pap ...

. He also collaborated with numerous publications, notably ''

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Il Mattino ''Il Mattino'' (meaning ''The Morning'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Naples, Italy. History and profile ''Il Mattino'' was first published on 16 March 1892 by the journalists Edoardo Scarfoglio and Matilde Serao. The pa ...

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''. Also a composer, Pennain was awarded at the

1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition The 1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition was a competition part-sponsored by the Columbia record company in honour of the centenary of the death of Franz Schubert. Its original aim was to encourage composers to produce completions ...

for his ''Sinfonietta''. His works include numerous concertos, a symphonic poem, and several operas, the most successful of them being a ''Madame Bovary'' he co-wrote with Vittorio Viviani in 1955. He died in 1977.

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