Alberto Soresina (born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, 10 May 1911 and died in 2007) was an Italian musicologist and composer.

Biography

Born in

in 1911, he studied at the

Milan Conservatory The Milan Conservatory (''Conservatorio di Milano'') is a college of music in Milan, Italy. History The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following year ...

and at

Accademia Musicale Chigiana The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (''English'': Chigiana Musical Academy) is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi-Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Class ...

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...

. He was a professor of

singing Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or with ...

at the

and Turin Conservatory (1959-1962), and later composition at the Milan Conservatory. One of his teachers was

Vito Frazzi Vito Frazzi (1 August 1888 – 7 July 1975) was an Italian neo-romantic composer. He was born in San Secondo Parmense, and studied at the Parma Conservatory, where he learnt composition from Guido Alberto Fano. From 1912 to 1958 he taught p ...

, and among his students were Luca Casagrande, Rubén Domínguez, Mario Duel, Franca Fabbri, Enrico Fissore, Andrea Forte, Stefano Secco, Mira Sulpizi, and Fausto Tenzi. He composed several works for piano, choral and chamber music.

Works

* ''Lanterna rossa'' (1942) * ''Cuor di cristallo'' (1942) * ''L'amuleto'' (1954) * ''Tre sogni per Marina'' (1967)

References

External links

Stanford University - OperaGlass - Opera Composers - S

Edizioni Curci - Alberto Soresina
1911 births 2007 deaths Musicians from Milan Italian male classical composers Italian classical composers 20th-century classical composers Milan Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Milan Conservatory 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian musicologists 20th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub