Oreste Ravanello (25 August 1871 in

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– 2 July 1938 in

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) was an Italian

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and

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. Ravanello studied

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and composition at the Liceo Musicale in Venice before he was appointed organist of the

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at the age of seventeen. He also taught at the (now

Benedetto Marcello Benedetto Giacomo Marcello (; 31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739) was an Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher. Life Born in Venice, Benedetto Marcello was a member of a noble family and in his compositions he is f ...

) Conservatory of Music in Venice, and then became director of Instituto Musicale in Padua (now the "Cesare Pollini" Conservatory of Music).

Activity

He became a well-known recitalist well known for his

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s. He was above all remembered for his compositions which are especially intended for the

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: ca. 30

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es,

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s etc. but also numerous works for organ and

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. His language is late romantic and melodious.

Works

*CORALE FANTASIA, OP. 7 *QUATTRO PEZZI FACILI, OP. 12 ** 1. Preludio ** 2. Pastorale ** 3. Fughetta dorica ** 4. Elevazione *SETTE TRII, OP. 25 ** 1. O crux, ave ** 2. Qui odit animam suam ** 3.

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** 4. Corale ** 5. Corale ** 6. Corale ** 7. Larghetto pastorale * SEI PEZZI, OP. 27 ** 1. Praeludium super Agnus Dei ** 2. Praeludium super Te Lucis ** 3. Meditazione super Ave Regina Cœlorum ** 4. Elevazione o Comunione super Alma Redemptoris ** 5. Interludium super Salve Regina ** 6. Postludium super Regina Coeli *SETTE CORALI, OP. 29 ** 1. O quam metuendus est ** 2. Adoro Te devote ** 3. Agnus Dei ** 4. Stabat Mater ** 5. Salve Regina ** 6. Inviolata ** 7. Te Deum * QUATTRO PEZZI PER GRAND’ORGANO, OP. 39 ** 1. Preludio romantico ** 2. Musette – Méditation ** 3. Elevazione ** 4. Marcia eucaristica * TRE PEZZI PER GRAND’ORGANO, OP. 40 ** 1. Prélude gothique ** 2. Chanson nordique ** 3. Toccata * SEI PEZZI PER GRAND’ORGANO, OP. 50 ** 1. Preludio in forma di studio ** 2. Preghiera ** 3. Musette ** 4. Elegia ** 5. Fughetta ** 6. Christus resurrexit * SCENE AL PRESEPIO, Op. 129 (1935), for organ or harmonium ** 1. ''I Magi'', preludio pastorale ** 2. ''Notte di Natale'', cantilena ** 3. ''Campane all'alba'', pastorale *MYSTICA, OP. 133 ** 1. Noël ** 2. La Madeleine et le Divin Jardinier ** 3. Gesù spira sulla croce

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Oreste Ravanello in memoriam 1938/2018
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