Federico Consolo
Federico Consolo (also known under the Sephardic Hebrew name Jehel Nahamán ; born April 8, 1841 in Ancona ; died December 14, 1906 in Florence ) was an Italian violinist and composer.
biography
Born into a Jewish family from Spain, he studied violin and composition with Ferdinando Giorgetti in Florence and in Brussels with Henri Vieuxtemps . Federico Consolo gave concerts all over Europe successfully until neurological problems occurred. In 1891 he published the two-volume collection Sefer Shire Yisrael ( Libro dei Canti d'Israel ) on behalf of the Jewish community of Livorno , which contains Sephardic synagogue melodies and his own sacred compositions.
Compositions (selection)
- Auxbords du Nil, for small orchestra (1882)
- Fantasia orientale, for orchestra (1882)
- Foi esperance, an adagio for violin and piano (1885)
- National anthem of San Marino Inno Nazionale della Repubblica
Consolo is listed in the Riemann Musiklexikon from 1900.
literature
- Nerina Bevilacqua: Cinque secoli di stampa musicale in Europa, Electa, 1985, p. 241 ff.
- Liliana Treves Alcalay: Canti della Diaspora. Volume 2, Giuntina
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federico Consolo in the Diccionario Treccani
- ^ Abraham Zvi Idelsohn : Jewish Music - Its Historical Development , Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1929, p. 202
- ↑ Era ebreo l'autore dell'inno sammarinese (Italian). ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. latribuna.sm ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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SURNAME | Consolo, Federico |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nahamán, Jehel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violinist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1841 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ancona , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1906 |
Place of death | Florence |