Federico Consolo (4 April 1841 – 14 December 1906) was an Italian

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ist and

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Background and earlier life

Federico Consolo was born to Benjamin Consolo at

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in 1841. After studying the violin with Ferdinando Giorgetti in

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and Vieuxtemps in

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, and composition with Fétis and

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, he played with great success at almost all the European courts and in the Orient. In 1884, however, he was compelled by a nervous affliction to discontinue violin-playing. He removed to Florence, and devoted himself to composition.

National anthem of San Marino

He composed the arrangement for the

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, based on a 10th-century

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, with lyrics by Giosué Carducci. It was adopted in 1894.

Other works

Other works include a number of Oriental cycles, concertos, and "Shire Yisrael" ("Libro dei Canti d'Israel," Florence, Bratti Edzioni, 1869), a collection of Sephardic synagogal melodies and original compositions. He subsequently undertook archeological studies, writing on musical notation, and especially on music in the Bible. He was a knight of several orders in different states.

Background and earlier life

National anthem of San Marino

Other works

See also