Giovanni Gaetano Luporini (1865–1948) was an Italian composer. A native of

Lucca Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...

, he studied there with before transferring to the

Milan Conservatory The Milan Conservatory, also known as the Conservatorio di Milano and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, is a Music school, college of music in Milan, Italy. History The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital ...

, where he studied with Anselmi and

Alfredo Catalani Alfredo Catalani (19 June 1854 – 7 August 1893) was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas '' Loreley'' (1890) and '' La Wally'' (1892). ''La Wally'' was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and features Catala ...

.Liner notes to ''Gaetano Luporini – Lamberto Landi'', Bongiovanni, recorded 1990 He served as director of Lucca's Pacini Institute between 1902 and 1937. As a composer, he was active in the field of

sacred music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as a ritual. Reli ...

, and served as ''

maestro di cappella ( , , ), from German (chapel) and (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerably in i ...

'' of the

Lucca Cathedral Lucca Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours in Lucca, Italy. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Lucca. History Old Cathedral A church was built on the site in the 6th centuryCarlo Biscotti, Notizie som ...

. Luporini also composed orchestral and vocal music. He wrote a number of operas, including: *''Marcella'' (Milan, 1891) *''I dispetti amorosi'' (Turin, 1894) – libretto by

Luigi Illica Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian ...

*''La collana di Pasqua'' (Naples, 1896) *''Marie Lacroix'' (In 1902, his friend G. Martinelli from Brescia organised a libretto by Nicola Daspuro, which comprised four acts) later presented as ''Nora'' with three acts (Lucca, 1908) He also composed an operetta, ''L'aquila e le colombe''. A Mass for mixed chorus and orchestra, and an ''Andante religioso'', have been recorded on the Bongiovanni label, coupled with a Mass and ''Andante'' by

Lamberto Landi Lamberto Landi (Lucca, September 2, 1882 – Lucca, July 6, 1950)Biography ...

. His grandson

Gaetano Giani Luporini Gaetano Giani Luporini (28 May 1936 – 27 February 2022) was an Italian composer and academic. Life and career Born in Lucca, the grandson of the composer Gaetano Luporini, after studying violin he enrolled at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherub ...

was also a classical composer.

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