Gian Battista Mantegazzi

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Giovanni "Gian" Battista Mantegazzi (born October 23, 1889 in Riva San Vitale , Ticino , † February 5, 1958 in Zurich ) was a Swiss composer and conductor .

Life

At the age of 11 he already played in the wind orchestra of his birthplace. The father, who otherwise encouraged him very much, insisted that his son should complete an apprenticeship as a painter first . During the First World War, Mantegazzi attended the Geneva Conservatory , later the Music Academy in Bologna , where brass music was part of the regular curriculum, which he left in 1919 with the distinction of "Maestro".

In Genoa - Nervi ( Italy ) he found his first job as director of the Banda Municipale and director of the music school «Giuseppe Verdi». In 1924 he left Italy and returned to his homeland, where he initially kept afloat by composing. In October 1924 he was elected director of the town music of Schaffhausen . From 1928 he also took over the Stadtmusik Zürich . Mantegazzi brought both wind bands to the highest level; there were also some joint concerts. From 1938 he worked as a conductor at the Harmonie Music Association in Thalwil near Zurich. Through his musical work and his personality, he had a lasting impact on the history of this ensemble from 1938 until his death. In 1941 he founded a large wind orchestra with 110 wind instruments and 30 tambours for the Swiss Army Game, which was dissolved at the end of the year.

In 1949 he received the honorary award of the city of Zurich for his work . He was also a teacher at the Conservatory, led conductor training courses at the Zurich Cantonal Music Association and was a popular speaker at specialist conferences. Mantegazzi was also very successful as a composer. His oeuvre includes around 250 works.

Works

Works for orchestra

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1924: Inno del Ticino on behalf of the Cantonal Education Department; Extract from Inno trionfale al Ticino for choir and wind orchestra (Text: Luigi Bazzi )
  • 1929: fresh away! Festival march to the Zurich Cantonal Music Festival in Winterthur
  • 1929: Munot March
  • 1929: Salut à Paris Marche militaire
  • 1929: Ticino Festival anthem
  • 1930: Leggenda Intermezzo Instrumentazione
  • 1930: Bellinzona Festival March - Marcia ufficiale del Tiro federale - Federal Rifle Festival March
  • 1935: Zurich Standschützen March (Marche des Carabiniers)
  • 1939: Sacra terra del Ticino Ticino contribution to the National Exhibition in Zurich
  • 1941: Flowering meadows - Prati in fiori Serenade
  • 1941: Army and House March
  • 1945: Thétis Ouverture
  • 1949: Am Junge Rhein - Au jeune Rhin Overture
  • 1950: You my father's country hymn for mixed choir with wind orchestra - Text: Martin Schmid
  • 1951: Festival march - Marche de fête for the Zurich 600th anniversary
  • 1951: Schaffhauser festival march for the 450th anniversary
  • 1955: Capri Serenade
  • 1957: Turicensis
  • 1957: Patrie Prelude
  • Federal celebration 1941
  • Canto della terra dalla "Sacra terra del Ticino"
  • Parade march
  • The watch on the Simplon
  • Sargans fortress
  • Friborg
  • Gandria
  • Genova la superba
  • Greater Zurich
  • Heroic March National Celebration
  • II Seminatore - Sower
  • L'Imperatore
  • Noi siamo Ticinesi
  • Pace et Lavoro overture
  • Poema dell'Alpe symphonic poem
  • Romantica overture

Choral music

Other works

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Biber: Gian Battista Mantegazzi 1889-1958.
personal data
SURNAME Mantegazzi, Gian Battista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mantegazzi, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Riva San Vitale , Ticino
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1958
Place of death Zurich