Francesco Paolo Frontini

Francesco Paolo Frontini (born August 6, 1860 in Catania ; † July 28, 1939 there ) was an Italian composer.

Life

Frontini received his first music lessons from his father, the conductor and composer Martino Frontini . He then studied at the Conservatory of Palermo with Pietro Platania and at the Conservatory of S. Pietro a Majella in Naples with Lauro Rossi . His first work, Qui tollis, was premiered in 1875 in the Cathedral of Catania under the direction of Pietro Antonio Coppola . After various chamber music works (including a string quartet, 1879), the Overture Spartaco followed in 1880 as the second orchestral work .

In the following year, at the Teatro Communale of Catania Frontini's first opera Nella (based on a libretto by Enrico Golisciani ) was premiered (who in the same year the opera Aleramo ). The oratorio Sansone e Dalila was commissioned by the city of Catania for the feast of Saint Agata in 1883 . In 1883 Frontini published the collection of Sicilian folk songs Eco di Sicilia with Ricordi .

In 1888 Frontini composed the Grande messa da requiem before returning to opera in 1889. This year Don Bucefalo premiered in Palermo . The opera Il galeotto , composed in the same year, remained unplayed. A new collection of Sicilian songs appeared the following year under the title Natale siciliano . The opera Fatalità , also composed in 1890, was not performed. In 1893 he composed his most successful opera Malia based on a libretto by the writer Luigi Capuana . The work was u. a. played at the Teatro Brunetti in Bologna , at the Teatro Pacini in Catania (1894), at the Teatro Alhambra in Milan (1895) and at the opera houses in Syracuse and Trapani .

In 1898 his lyric poem Medioevo after Lucio Costanzo for voice and piano was performed at the Teatro dei Fiorentini in Naples, and in 1899 it was published by Ricordi. Frontini's last opera Il Falconiere (based on Leopoldo Marenco ) was successfully performed in Catania in 1899. He then returned to instrumental music with works such as Intermezzo (1904), Marcia trionfale (1907) and Idillo (1912). In his later years another collection of Sicilian songs appeared, Ciuscinà (1928) and the Canti religiosi del popolo siciliano (1938).

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personal data
SURNAME	Frontini, Francesco Paolo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 6, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Catania
DATE OF DEATH	July 28, 1939
Place of death	Catania