Giuseppe Nicolini (or Niccolini; 29 January 1762 – 18 December 1842) was an Italian composer who wrote at least 45 operas. From 1819 onwards, he devoted himself primarily to

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. He was born and died at

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. The music conservatory of Piacenza is named after him.

Operas

Nicolini's operas include: *''La famiglia stravagante'' (''

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'', 1793, Parma) *''La clemenza di Tito'' (''

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'', libretto by Pietro Metastasio, 1797, Livorno) *''I due fratelli ridicoli (Li fratelli ridicoli)'' (''dramma giocoso'', libretto by Filippo Livigni, 1798, Rome) *''Il trionfo del bel sesso'' (''dramma giocoso'', libretto by Giovanni Bertati, 1799) *''I baccanali di Roma'' (1801, Milan) *''Il geloso innamorato'' (''farsa'', libretto by Giambattista Lorenzi, 1804, Naples) *' (opera seria, libretto by Michelangelo Prunetti, 1807, Rome) *''Le due gemelle'' (''farsa'', 1808, Rome) *''Coriolano ossia L'assedio di Roma'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1808, Milan) *''Angelica e Medoro ossia L'Orlando'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Gaetano Sertor from Pietro Metastasio, 1810, Turin) *''Abradate e Dircea'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1811, Milan) *''Quinto Fabio (Quinto Fabio Rutililiano)'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Giuseppe Rossi, 1811, Vienna) *''La casa dell'astrologo'' (''dramma giocoso'', libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1811, Milan) *''Le nozze dei Morlacchi (I Morlacchi)'' (''opera seria'', 1811, Vienna) *''La feudataria ossia Il podestà ridicolo'' (''dramma giocoso'', 1812, Piacenza) *''Carlo Magno'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Antonio Peracchi, 1813, Piacenza) *''L'eroe di Lancastro'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Giuseppe Rossi, 1821, Turin) *''Aspasia e Agide'' (''opera seria'', libretto by Luigi Romanelli, 1824, Milan)

Bibliography

*"Niccolini (Joseph)", in François-Joseph Fétis, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique, vol. 6,'' Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1866–1868, pp. 310–311 *Andrea Lanza: "Nicolini, Giuseppe", ''

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'', 2001 *G. Nicolini: "Gratias agimus Tibi", dal "Gloria" della ''Missa Brevis in Re'' for 3 voices and orchestra, edition by Mario G. Genesi, Piacenza, P. M. Edizione, 2008, pp. 10. *Mario Genesi, "La cantata italiana mitologico-occasionale da palazzo e l'oratorio biblico per soli, coro ed orchestra (1800–1830) nelle frequentazioni di due compositori piacentini: l'operista Giuseppe Nicolini e il conte Daniele Nicelli" in ''Archivio Storico per le Province Parmensi'', Parma, Tip. Riunite Donati, vol. 64, 2013, pp. 323–383. *Mario Genesi, "Nicolini Vs.Mozart: La Cantata Il Sogno di Scipione su versi dell' abate Pietro Trapassi detto Metastasio"in ''Archivio Storico per le Province Parmensi'', Parma, Tip. Riunite Donati *G. Nicolini, ''Violin concert in D major'', modern edition by Luca Brignole, premiere: Piacenza, 21 December 2014"I concerti ritrovati di G. Nicolini – Concerto di Natale"
, Comune di Piacenza

References

Notes Sources *The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music
"Giuseppe Nicolini"
Oxford University Press, Inc., 1994. Accessed online from Answers.com, 13 October 2009. *The list of operas is translated from Giuseppe Nicolini on the Italian Wikipedia. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolini, Giuseppe Italian classical composers 1762 births 1842 deaths Musicians from Piacenza Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Italian male classical composers