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Amilcare Zanella (26 September 1873 – 9 January 1949) 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 def ...
. Born in
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, Zanella studied in
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under Andreotti before entering the
Parma Conservatory The Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito, better known in English as the Parma Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Parma, Italy. It was originally established as the Regia Scuola di Canto, a school for singing in 1819 by Marie Louise, Duches ...
, where he studied under
Giovanni Bottesini Giovanni Bottesini (22 December 1821 – 7 July 1889) was an Italian Romantic composer, conductor, and a double bass virtuoso. Biography Born in Crema, Lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist ...
and graduated in 1891. The following year he went to
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, where he worked as an opera conductor and a pianist; upon his return to his native land in 1901, he organized an orchestra that traveled the country giving symphonic concerts. It was with this group that he introduced some of his own music. In 1903 he became director of his alma mater, remaining in the post for two years; in 1905 he was tapped to succeed
Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece '' Cavalleria rusticana'' caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the ...
as head of the
Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" The Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" is a music conservatory in Pesaro, Italy. Founded in 1869 with a legacy from the composer Gioachino Rossini, the conservatory officially opened in 1882 with 67 students and was then known as ...
in
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. There he was to remain until 1939, when he was succeeded in the post by
Riccardo Zandonai Riccardo Zandonai (28 May 1883 – 5 June 1944) was an Italian composer and conducting, conductor. Biography Zandonai was born in Borgo Sacco, Rovereto, then part of Austria-Hungary. As a young man, he showed such an aptitude for music that he ...
. He died in Pesaro. Zanella's compositional output consisted mainly of orchestral and chamber works. He also composed three operas; ''Aura'' (1910, to a libretto by
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), premiered at the Liceo Rossini; ''La Sulamita'' (1926, to a libretto by Antonio Lega), premiered at the Teatro Politeama Piacentino in
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; and ''Il revisore'' (1940, after ''
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'' of
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), premiered at the
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in
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. During his career he was also well-regarded as a pianist.


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Scores by Amilcare Zanella
at the digital librar
Polona.pl
1873 births 1949 deaths 19th-century Italian composers 19th-century Italian male musicians 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century male composers 20th-century Italian male musicians Italian classical composers Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Parma Conservatory alumni People from the Province of Piacenza {{Italy-composer-stub