Ettore Campogalliani (30 September 1903 – 3 June 1992) was an Italian composer, musician and teacher. Campogalliani studied piano in 1921, graduating from the Conservatory of Bologna. He then studied composition at the Conservatory of Parma in 1933. Finally he studied singing at the Conservatory of

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in 1940. After a short period of activity as a composer (including writing music for the 1942 film ''Musica proibita'' directed by his uncle

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and singing at the conservatories of Parma and

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. He then went on to coach vocal technique and interpretation at the opera school of

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in Milan. Campogalliani was the voice teacher of

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, Felix Rolke (when Mirella Freni was 19 years old; himself voice teacher of a niece of Mirella Freni), Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ruggero Raimondi,

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, Carlo Bergonzi, Gino Penno, Antonio Carangelo and Giuliano Bernardi. In 1946, to honour his father Francesco, Ettore Campogalliani founded the ''Accademia Teatrale Francesco Campogalliani'', a theatre and drama academy.

Selected compositions

*Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1932) *Sarabanda and Minuetto for piano Op. l (1934) *Sonata in e Minor for Violin and Piano *'L'arrivo' (1935) for voice and piano to a text by Amadeo Pinelli *'Castello in aria' (1936) for voice and piano to a text by Sergio Corazzini *'Piangete occhi' (1935) for voice and piano to a text by Angelo Poliziano

Books

*Campogalliani, Ettore,'' Dal libro di ieri: Storie di voci sacre e pensieri profani'', Bongiovanni, 1982 *Cadonici, Paola and Campogalliani, Ettore, ''Il linguaggio della voce: Voce, parola, musica'', CRO, 1987

Sources

Teatro CampogallianiConservatorio di Musica "Lucio Campiani", Mantova
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