Antonios Liveralis or Liberalis (

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: Αντώνιος Λιβεράλης or Λιμπεράλης, Italian: ''Antonio Liberali''; 1814 in Corfu – 1842 in Corfu) was a

conductor and composer of the early Ionian school. He was the son of Italian conductor Domenico Liberali and one of

Nikolaos Mantzaros Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros (, ; , 26 October 1795 – 12 April 1872) was a Greek-Italian composer born in Corfu, major representative and founder of the so-called Ionian School of music (Επτανησιακή Σχολή). Biography Mant ...

' favorite students. He later continued his studies at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in

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. When he returned to Corfu he was joyfully received into the circle of national composers, where he was considered a musician of great talent. He then began working as assistant to his teacher Mantzaros, who left him very little time for his own compositions. He was among the first teachers of his younger brother Iosif and served as vice director of music to the

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. Liveralis' compositions are largely limited to minor forms. He wrote a series of fixed funeral marches, which were later published in two volumes. The march ''O Kambouris'' (Ο Καμπούρης, 'The Hunchback') achieved great popularity in Corfu. He also devoted himself to composing piano music and to the creation of a rich song repertoire. His one-act opera is the only sure finished work for the stage by the composer. He was born a Catholic, but was converted to

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faith and adopted the patriotic name of Eleftheriadis (Greek: Ελευθεριάδης). After his untimely death, he was buried in a magnificent funeral to which the orchestra of the

played.

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