Antonio Smareglia (5 May 1854 – 15 April 1929) was an Italian

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Life

Antonio Smareglia was born in Pola, in the

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. In the house where he was born in Via Nettuno, there is now a small museum of his life and work. His father Francesco Smareglia from Pola"Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28355-12408-31?cc=2040054 : 16 July 2014), Roman Catholic (Rimokatolička crkva) > Pula > Births (Rođeni) 1815-1874 > image 26 of 672; Arhiva Hrvatske u Zagrebu (Croatia State Archives, Zagreb). was Italian, his mother Giulia Stiglich from Lovran was Croatian.. The composer chose to set his most famous opera, '' Nozze istriane'', in his grandfather's village, Dignano d'Istria. Smareglia married Maria Jetti Polla, and they had five children. He became blind at the age of 46. Since then he composed his music dictating to his sons, Ariberto and Mario, and to his students and friends including Primo dalla Zonca, Gastone Zuccoli, and Vito Levi. Smareglia died in Grado in 1929.

Works

* '' Caccia lontana'' (a one-act dramatic sketch, a student work, 1879) * '' Preziosa'' (opera, 1879) * '' Bianca da Cervia'' (opera, 1882) * '' Re Nala'' (opera, 1887) * '' Il vassallo di Szigeth'' (opera, 1889) * '' Cornill Schutt'' (revised as ''Pittori Fiamminghi'', opera, 1893) * '' Nozze istriane'' (opera, 1895) * '' La falena'' (opera, 1897) * '' Oceàna'' (opera, 1903) * '' Abisso'' (opera, 1914)

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Antonio Smareglia (1854–1929)
at Sveučilišna knjižnica u Puli. *. 1854 births 1929 deaths 19th-century Italian classical composers 20th-century Italian classical composers 20th-century male composers Composers from Austria-Hungary Istrian Italian people Italian people of Croatian descent People from Pula Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Italian Romantic composers 20th-century Italian male musicians 19th-century Italian male musicians {{italy-composer-stub