Lamberto Landi (

Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one o ...

, September 2, 1882 –

, July 6, 1950)Biography
at treccani.it was an Italian composer and conductor. Born in

, he first studied at that city's Istituto Musicale before traveling to

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; there he studied with Michele Saladino and Gaetano Coronara at the Conservatory.Liner notes to ''Gaetano Luporini – Lamberto Landi'', Bongiovanni, recorded 1990 His opera ''Il Pergolese'', premiered in Milan in 1914, was published by

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in 1913;

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published it in 1920. Other operas include: *''Bianca'' (Lucca, 1910) *''Nelly'' (completed 1916, premiered Lucca, 1947) – after ''

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*''Laurette'' (Pisa, 1927) *''Gorgona'' (after the play by

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) *''Nausica'' The last two of these were never staged. Other compositions include orchestral works,

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, and

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pieces. Landi taught at the Boccherini Institute in Lucca for some years. He died in Lucca. A ''Mass'' for mixed choir and orchestra has been recorded, along with an ''Andante'' for orchestra, and released on the Bongiovanni label. They are paired with a ''Mass'' and ''Andante religioso'' by

Gaetano Luporini Giovanni Gaetano Luporini (1865–1948) was an Italian composer. A native of Lucca, he studied there with before transferring to the Milan Conservatory, where he studied with Anselmi and Alfredo Catalani.Liner notes to ''Gaetano Luporini – L ...

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