Giulio Setti (born

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, October 3, 1869 - died

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, October 2, 1938) was an Italian choral conductor.

Biography

He served as chorus master of opera houses in

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, and

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prior to coming to the

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in 1908; there he was engaged as chorus master of the

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. He remained in the post twenty-seven years before retiring, after which he returned to Italy.

References

*David Ewen, ''Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition''. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963. 1869 births 1938 deaths People from Treviglio Italian conductors (music) Italian male conductors (music) Italian choral conductors Metropolitan Opera people {{opera-bio-stub