Life
He was born in Venice on 10 August 1826 and studied with Fabio Ermagora, a pupil of Bonaventura Furlanetto. In 1856 he was appointed organist and vice Maestro of the Cappella Marciana at San Marco's Basilica in Venice. Coccon succeeded Antonio Buzzolla when he retired in 1871. He was teacher ofCompositions
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Andrea e Ambrogio a Genova'' (1869) * ''5 Salmi per la Cappella di S.S. Andrea e Ambrogio a Genova'' (1869) * several unpublished worksOperas
* ''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apr.ile 1879); * ''Saul'', dramma sacro in tre atti (Spello, Collegio Rossi, 10 febbraio 1884); * ''Uggero il Danese'' (unpublished); * ''Zaira'' (unpublished).Compositions for band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'' aSources
*De Angelis, Alberto: L'Italia musicale d'oggi, dizionario dei musicisti (1918)External links
* 1826 births 1903 deaths 19th-century Italian classical composers 19th-century Italian male musicians Cappella Marciana composers Cappella Marciana maestri Italian Romantic composers Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Italian male classical composers 19th-century Italian musicologists {{musicologist-stub