Ernesto Abbate

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Ernesto Paolo Abbate (born September 6, 1881 in Noicattaro , † April 26, 1934 in Martina Franca ) was an Italian conductor and composer . His compositions for the Italian Banda are known .

Life

Ernesto Abbate received music lessons from his father Biagio Abbate and his older brother Gennaro Abbate . At the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella he studied composition with Nicola D'Arienzo (1842–1915) and Camillo De Nardis (1857–1951). He conducted the wind orchestras of San Ferdinando di Puglia and Soleto before taking over the leadership of the Squinzano band from 1919. In 1929 he won a competition with the Banda in Bologna. They interpreted La Sagra the Fiori and a fantasy about La Traviata . On April 8, 1929 he became an honorary citizen there. He fell seriously ill in February 1932 and called Gennaro to persuade him to take over the banda. Thereupon Gennaro renounced his international conducting career and took over the band as Ernesto's successor for another twenty years until his own death in 1954.

Works (selection)

Ernesto Abbate and his brother Gennaro were one of the first composers to write original compositions for the Italian Banda.

  • La Sagra dei Fiori - Poema Sinfonico for Grande Banda. The symphonic poem was written in 1921. Alessandro Celardi arranged the work for a modern symphonic wind orchestra. The premiere of this version took place in 2013 at the World Music Contest WMC in Kerkrade. In 2019 it was published by Baton Music. Massimo Picchioni created another version for wind orchestra, published by Master Symphony.
  • Canto d'eroi, Poema Sinfonico
  • La Principessa lontana, Poema sinfonico
  • A tubo , Marcia sinfonico
  • A voi! brontoloni !, Marcia sinfonico, recorded in 1958 by Complesso del Piccolo teatro musicale della “Citta di Roma” under the direction of Amleto Lacerenza (1910–1972) on the Discografia Tevere label
  • Cettina birrichina, Marcia sinfonico
  • Il trionfo , Marcia sinfonico
  • Ninì capricciosa , Marcia sinfonico, recorded in 1958 by Complesso del Piccolo teatro musicale della “Citta di Roma” under the direction of Amleto Lacerenza (1910–1972) on the Discografia Tevere label
  • Reggimento di donne, Marciabile
  • I gladiatori , march
  • Bella Madonna, march
  • Da, Re, Do, Si , Scherzo marciabile, published by Edizio Ortip
  • Svelti All'Alloggio, Marcia brilliant
  • Duetto originale, Concerto for two solo clarinets and banda
  • Titina, Marciabile

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marino Pagano: Ernesto Abbate, il musicista bitontino amatissimo a Squinzano. In: bitontolive.it. Bitonto Live, September 14, 2017, accessed December 10, 2019 (Italian).
  2. ↑ LA BANDA - Comune di Squinzano. In: comune.squinzano.le.it. Cittá di Squinzano, accessed December 10, 2019 (Italian).
  3. ↑ a b Ernesto Abbate: Nini capricciosa (marcia sinfonica); * A voi! Brontoloni (marcia sinfonica) / musiche originali per banda di Ernesto Abbate; complesso musicale "Città di Roma"; diretto da Amleto Lacerenza. In: sbn.it. Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le Informazioni Bibliografiche, December 9, 2019, accessed on December 10, 2019 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Abbate, Ernesto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abbate, Ernesto Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Noicattaro , Italy
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1934
Place of death Martina Franca , Italy