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Respighi
Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi, His compositions range over List of operas by Ottorino Respighi, operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian compositions of the 16th–18th centuries, but his best known and most performed works are his three orchestral tone poems which brought him international fame: ''Fountains of Rome (symphonic poem), Fountains of Rome'' (1916), ''Pines of Rome'' (1924), and ''Roman Festivals (Respighi), Roman Festivals'' (1928). Respighi was born in Bologna to a musical and artistic family. He was encouraged by his father to pursue music at a young age, and took formal tuition in the violin and piano. In 1891, he enrolled at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini, Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pines Of Rome
''Pines of Rome'' (), P 141, is a tone poem in four movements for orchestra completed in 1924 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. It is the second of his three tone poems about Rome, following '' Fontane di Roma'' (1916) and preceding ''Feste Romane'' (1928). Each movement depicts a setting in the city with pine trees, specifically those in the Villa Borghese gardens, near a catacomb, on the Janiculum Hill, and along the Appian Way. The premiere was held at the Teatro Augusteo in Rome on 14 December 1924, with Bernardino Molinari conducting the Augusteo Orchestra, and the piece was published by Casa Ricordi in 1925. Overview The piece consists of four movements, for which Respighi wrote programmatic notes describing each scene: Respighi completed ''I Pini di Roma'' in the summer of 1924, after he had "conceived, started and restarted" work on the piece in the course of several years. Having relocated from his hometown of Bologna to Rome in 1913, Respighi said that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Respighi
Elsa Respighi (; 24 March 1894 – 19 March 1996) was an Italian mezzo-soprano singer and composer. She was the wife and former pupil of Ottorino Respighi. Respighi created a ballet and completed her husband's opera, but also composed a significant number of her own works after his death, including operas and choral works. She published a biography of her husband, and established the Fondo Respighi in Venice to promote music education in Italy. Biography Respighi was born Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo on 24 March 1894 in Rome. She studied solfege and piano privately, and then from 1905 at the Istitute Nazionale di Musica in Rome. She also studied at the Liceo di S. Cecilia from 1911, where she was taught piano by Giovanni Sgambati, harmony and counterpoint by Remigio Renzi and composition by Ottorino Respighi. She married Ottorino in 1919. From 1916 onwards Respighi published songs, although after her marriage her husband's career took precedence, and she didn't return to composing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Compositions By Ottorino Respighi
This is a complete list of the compositions by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi, His compositions ra ... (1879–1936). This list can be sorted by catalogue number (P), year composed, title, and genre. Catalog numbers were attributed by , an Italian musicologist who dedicated most of his activity to the study of the works of Respighi. See also * List of operas by Ottorino Respighi Sources * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi Respighi, Ottorino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin Concerto In A Major (Respighi)
The Violin Concerto in A major (in Italian: ), P. 49, is the first violin concerto by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, which he abandoned in 1903. In 2009, Salvatore Di Vittorio completed it. Instrumentation The concerto is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in A, two bassoons, four horns in F, two trumpets in A, timpani and strings. Movements The concerto is in three movements: The second movement is played attacca to the first. Duration is approximately 21 minutes. History The concerto was left unfinished by Respighi in 1903, probably due to his focus on other projects. The work pre-dates the composer's other completed violin concertos: ''Concerto all'antica'' in A minor (1908), '' Concerto gregoriano'' (1921), and the single movement Poema Autunnale (1925). The work is mostly inspired by the violin concertos and other orchestral compositions of Johannes Brahms, Antonio Vivaldi, Felix Mendelssohn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Max Bruch. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Festivals (Respighi)
''Roman Festivals'' (Italian: ''Feste Romane''), P 157 is a tone poem in four movements for orchestra completed in 1928 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. It is the last of his three tone poems about Rome, following '' Fountains of Rome'' (1916) and ''Pines of Rome'' (1924), which he referred to as a triptych. Each movement depicts a scene of celebration in ancient and contemporary Rome, specifically gladiators battling to the death, the Christian Jubilee, a harvest and hunt festival, and a festival in the Piazza Navona. Musically, the piece is the longest and most demanding of Respighi's Roman trilogy. The premiere was held on 21 February 1929 at Carnegie Hall in New York City, with Arturo Toscanini conducting the New York Philharmonic. The piece was published by Casa Ricordi in the same year. Overview Having completed the work, Respighi felt that he had incorporated the "maximum of orchestral sonority and colour" from the orchestra and could no longer write such lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore Di Vittorio
Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 22 October 1967 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian composer and conductor. He is the music director and conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of New York. Biography Introduced to music at an early age by his father, Di Vittorio studied composition with Ludmila Ulehla and Giampaolo Bracali at the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He also studied conducting with Giampaolo Bracali, Francesco Carotenuto and Piero Bellugi in Italy. Career His program music, focused on symphony, is mostly influenced by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss. He has worked with orchestras in: Italy (Orvieto, Palermo, Perugia, Florence, Rome), Bulgaria (Sofia), Belgium (Brussels, Ghent), United States ( Danbury, Worcester, San Jose, Philadelphia, New York), Canada (Quebec, Vancouver), Egypt (Cairo), Brazil, Switzerland (Basel), Czech Republic (Prague), Austria (Vienna), and the United Kingdom (London). He has written works for various orchestras, such as Orchestra Sinfonica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia (opera)
''Lucrezia'' is an opera in one act and three tableaux by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Claudio Guastalla, after Livy and William Shakespeare's ''The Rape of Lucrece'', itself based heavily on Ovid's ''Fasti''. Respighi died before finishing the work, which was therefore completed by his wife, Elsa Respighi, and by one of his pupils, Ennio Porrino. ''Lucrezia'' premiered on 24 February 1937 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, in a production directed by Mario Frigerio with sets designed by . The première had a good reception. ''Lucrezia'' was much appreciated by the famous Italian musicologist Andrea Della Corte, who considered this opera as one of the best stage works of Respighi, thanks to the accomplished balance of expressivity and musical skill. One of the distinctive features of ''Lucrezia'' is the presence of the Voice, a character that sings from within the orchestra and describes what is happening on the stage and the emotions of the other characters. Roles In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fountains Of Rome (symphonic Poem)
''Fountains of Rome'' (), P 106, is a tone poem in four movements completed in 1916 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. It is the first of his three tone poems about Rome, preceding '' Pines of Rome'' (1924) and '' Roman Festivals'' (1928). Each movement depicts a setting at one of Rome's fountains at a different time of the day, specifically the Valle Giulia, Triton, Trevi, and Villa Medici. The premiere was held at the Teatro Augusteo on 11 March 1917, with Antonio Guarnieri conducting the Augusteo Orchestra. Respighi was disheartened at its initial mild reception and put away the score, until the piece was re-evaluated by the public following a February 1918 performance by conductor Arturo Toscanini which brought the composer international fame. The piece was published by Casa Ricordi in 1918. Structure The work has four movements: Instrumentation ''Fountains of Rome'' calls for the following large orchestra, including piano, celesta, harps, chimes, and or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Operas By Ottorino Respighi
This is a complete list of the operas by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936). See also * ''List of compositions by Ottorino Respighi This is a complete list of the compositions by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of ...'' Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Respighi, Ottorino Lists of operas by composer Lists of compositions by composer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini
The Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini (previously known as the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, and better known in English as the Bologna Conservatory) is a college of music in Bologna, Italy. The conservatory opened on 3 December 1804, as the Liceo Musicale di Bologna. It was initially housed in the convent at the Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore. The first faculty at the school included the composers Stanislao Mattei and Giovanni Callisto Zanotti, and the composer and singer Lorenzo Gibelli. Gioachino Rossini was a pupil at the school beginning in 1806, and was appointed head of the school in 1839. Later directors of the school included Luigi Mancinelli (1881–1886), Giuseppe Martucci (1886–1902), Marco Enrico Bossi (1902–1911), and Cesare Nordio (1925–1945). In 1945, the conservatory became a state conservatory, and it was rebranded as the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini, after musician and composer Giovanni Battista Martini. Directors of the conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov. At the time, his name was spelled , which he romanized as Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakow; the BGN/PCGN transliteration of Russian is used for his name here; ALA-LC system: , ISO 9 system: .. (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—'' Capriccio Espagnol'', the '' Russian Easter Festival Overture'', and the symphonic suite '' Scheherazade''—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. ''Scheherazade'' is an example of his frequent use of fairy-tale and folk subjects. Rimsky-Korsakov believed in developing a nationalistic style of classical music, as did his fellow composer Mily Balakirev and the critic Vladimir Stasov. This style employed Russian folk song and lore along with exotic harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accademia Filarmonica Di Bologna
The Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna ("philharmonic academy of Bologna"; sometimes known in English as the Bologna Academy of Music) is a music education institution in Bologna, Italy. The Accademia de' Filarmonici was founded as an association of musicians in Bologna in 1666 by Vincenzo Maria Carrati. Saint Anthony of Padua was chosen as the patron saint, and an organ with the motto ''Unitate melos'' as the emblem. Through the influence of Pietro Ottoboni, the statute of the academy was approved by Clement XI in 1716. In 1749 the Benedict XIV decreed that the Accademia could award the title of Maestro di cappella. Among the early members of the academy were Giovanni Paolo Colonna (one of the founders of 1666), Carlo Donato Cossoni, Arcangelo Corelli (1670), Giacomo Antonio Perti (1688), Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (1688), Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Antonio Maria Bernacchi (1722), Giovanni Carestini (1726) and the celebrated castrato singer Carlo Farinelli (1730). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
