Nicolò Coccon (10 August 1826 – 4 August 1903) was an Italian composer, conductor, organist and teacher from
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
Life
He was born in Venice on August 10, 1826, and studied with Fabio Ermagora, a pupil of Bonaventura Furlanetto.
In 1856 he was appointed organist and vice Maestro of the
Cappella Marciana
The Cappella Marciana is the modern name for the choir and instrumentalists of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Overview
The masters of the ''cappella ducale'' in the 16th and 17th centuries included many of the most notable composers of the I ...
at
San Marco's Basilica in Venice. Coccon succeeded
Antonio Buzzolla
Antonio Buzzolla (2 March 1815 – 20 March 1871) was an Italian composer and conductor. A native of Adria, he studied in Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto ...
when he retired in 1871. He was teacher of
counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...
at the Liceo Musicale Benedetto Marcello (1882–1897).
Coccon left the position of Maestro in 1894 for the conflicts with his vice
Giovanni Tebaldini promoter of the
Cecilian reform.
Compositions
Sacred music
* 8 Requiem:
** ''Requiem per l'Arciduca l'Austria Federico'' (1850)
** ''Messa di Requiem a quattro con orchestra e soli'' (1879)
* 30 Masses
** ''Messa in fa a 4 voci e orchestra'' (1871)
** ''Piccola Messa in re a 4 voci ed orchestra'' (1875)
** 3 ''Messe annuali d'obbligo pel S. Natale'' (1875, 1877, 1879)
** ''Messa per la Cappella di S.S. Andrea e Ambrogio a Genova'' (1869)
* ''5 Salmi per la Cappella di S.S. Andrea e Ambrogio a Genova'' (1869)
* several unpublished works
Operas
* ''Manasse in Babilonia'', (Venezia, orfanotrofio dei Gesuati, 15 marzo 1877);
* ''I due orangotani'', operetta (Venezia, orfanotrofio dei Gesuati, 17 apr.ile 1879);
* ''Saul'', dramma sacro in tre atti (Spello, Collegio Rossi, 10 febbraio 1884);
* ''Uggero il Danese'' (unpublished);
* ''Zaira'' (unpublished).
Compositions for band
* ''Pensiero funebre per grande orchestra'' a
Daniele Manin
Daniele Manin (13 May 180422 September 1857) was an Italian patriot, statesman and leader of the Risorgimento in Venice. Many Italian historians consider him to be an important figure in Italian unification.
Early and family life
left, House i ...
(1868);
* ''Barcarola'', per banda e coro a 4 (1847);
* ''Inno a Carlo Goldoni'';
* ''Sinfonia Umberto'', a
Umberto I of Italy
Umberto I ( it, Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900.
Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colo ...
.
Sources
*De Angelis, Alberto: L'Italia musicale d'oggi, dizionario dei musicisti (1918)
External links
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1826 births
1903 deaths
19th-century classical composers
19th-century Italian composers
19th-century Italian male musicians
Cappella Marciana composers
Cappella Marciana maestri
Italian classical composers
Italian male classical composers
19th-century musicologists
Italian musicologists
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