Alessandro Sala (15 April 1816 – 7 February 1890) was an Italian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

, and

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

. Born in

Valeggio sul Mincio Valeggio sul Mincio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about southwest of Verona. It is crossed by the Mincio river. The economy is mostly based on agriculture ...

, at a young age he was organist at the parish in his hometown. He was mentored in music by

Domenico Foroni Domenico Foroni (10 July 1796 - 24 March 1853) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music educator. Foroni was born in Valeggio sul Mincio into a family of landowners. On 7 November 1818 he married Teresa Zovetto with whom he had five childre ...

. He composed the symphonic work ''Trilogia sinfonica'', two

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

s (''Ginevra di Monreale'' and ''Bice Alighieri''), and several pianos works (''La donna italiana'', ''Danze e lacrime'', etc.). He also wrote a significant amount of sacred music. Conductor

Carlo Pedrotti Carlo Pedrotti (12 November 1817 – 16 October 1893) was an Italian conductor, administrator and composer, principally of opera. An associate of Giuseppe Verdi's, he also taught two internationally renowned Italian operatic tenors, Franc ...

, a fellow pupil of Foroni, was a notable exponent of his works, performing them not just throughout Italy but internationally as well. He died in

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

Sources

Biography of Alessandro Sala at www.valeggio.com
1816 births 1890 deaths Italian male composers Italian organists Italian male organists 19th-century Italian pianists 19th-century Italian composers Italian male pianists 19th-century Italian male musicians 19th-century organists {{organist-stub