Vincenzo Gabussi (1800 – 1846) was an Italian classical composer.
Life and career
Born in
Bologna
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, from a young age Gabussi studied music under
Stanislao Mattei
Stanislao Mattei, O.F.M. Conv. (10 February 1750, in Bologna – 17 May 1825, in Bologna), was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who was a noted composer, musicologist, and music teacher of his era.
Life
Mattei was born in Bologna, then part ...
, and made his operatic debut in 1825, with the opera ''I furbi al cimento''. Shortly afterwards he moved to London, where he successfully engaged as a singing teacher for members of the high society. Occasionally he returned to opera composition, in 1834 with ''Ernani'' and in 1841 with ''Clemenza di Valois'', both with
libretto
A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
s by
Gaetano Rossi
Gaetano Rossi (; 18 May 1774 – 25 January 1855) was an Italian opera librettist for several of the well-known ''bel canto''-era composers including Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Saverio Mercadante in Italy and Giacomo Meyerbeer in on ...
. The resounding failure of the latter at
La Scala
La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...
in Milan in 1842 prompted Gabussi to abandon opera forever.
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Gabussi, Vincenzo
. ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
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'', Vol. 51. Treccani
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.
Gabussi garnered major success in his prolific
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...
composition of
romance
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:
Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
s and more than a hundred duets, trios, and quartets for piano and voice. Despite the conventional verses and simple melodies, or perhaps because of them, his compositions enjoyed great success with the public, both in London and in Italy, and led him to be nicknamed "New Schubert".
References
External links
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Vincenzo Gabussiat Medialibrary.it
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1800 births
1846 deaths
People from Bologna
Italian classical composers
Italian opera composers
19th-century classical composers