Franco Margola

Franco Margola (born October 30, 1908 in Orzinuovi , † March 9, 1992 in Nave ) was an Italian composer.

Life

Margola studied violin with Romano Romanini and solfeggio, harmony and piano with Isidoro Capitanio in Brescia until 1926 . Until 1933 he continued his training in Parma with Guido Guerrini , Carlo Jachino and Achille Longo . During this time he wrote his first compositions such as Il Campaniello delle Streghe , for which he received first prize at the Naples Chamber Music Competition, and a piano quintet.

In 1933 he met Alfredo Casella , who encouraged him to further compositions and performed his Trio in La (1933–1934) with the Trio Italiano throughout Italy and abroad. The work was awarded the Silvio Rispoli Prize of Naples and was selected as one of Italy's contributions to the Festival of Contemporary Music in Venedin in 1936.

From 1936 to 1939 Margola taught at the Istituto Venturo in Brescia. There he founded a small string orchestra made up of students from the institute and other music schools, which performed in 1938 with the young Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli . In 1939 he went to the Music Academy in Messina as director, a few years later he took on the same position at the Conservatorio Pierluigi Palestrina in Cagliari. During this time Margola composed a number of important compositions, including the two operas Il mito di Caino and Il Titone and the Sinfonia delle Isole .

In 1944 Margola was deported to Germany. After the end of the war he returned to Brescia. From 1950 to 1952 he then taught counterpoint and harmony at the Bologna Conservatory and directed the orchestra of the Associazione Amici della Musica . He then moved to the Conservatory of Milan (until 1957) and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome (until 1960) and was at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma from 1963 to 1975 .

In addition to three piano concerts - including the “Children's Concerto” and a work from 1948 dedicated to Benedetti Michelangeli -, oboe, horn, bassoon, violin and cello concertos, Margola composed several string quartets and numerous other chamber music works such as instrumental sonatas, songs, and pieces for Piano and for guitar, including a sonata for three guitars. He also wrote several textbooks on harmony and composition.

source

• Nomos Edition - Franco Margola