Giovanni Anfossi
Giovanni Maria Anfossi (born August 6, 1864 in Ancona , † November 16, 1946 in Milan ) was an Italian pianist, composer and music teacher.
Anfossi studied piano with Francesco Simonetti and Giuseppe Martucci and composition with Paolo Serrao and Pietro Platania at the Milan Conservatory . In 1887 he presented the cantata Ode all'amore for four-part choir and orchestra as his diploma thesis . In the following year he became a piano teacher at the Collegio reale in Verona, at the same time he began his career as a pianist.
In 1894 he was appointed piano teacher at the Istituto Bruni-Morandi in Milan. Here he founded his own music school, which he named after his famous ancestor Pasquale Anfossi and from which pianists such as Luisa Bàccara and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli emerged . In addition, he was for many years a member of the examination committee at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi and an employee of the Gazzetta Musicale .
Works
- Overture per orchestra , 1881
- Rebellio , symphonic poem for orchestra, WP 1883
- Cantata all'Italia for four-part choir and orchestra, premiered in 1885
- Cantica sacra e Cantica funebre for two-part children's choir and organ, 1886
- Overture per orchestra , 1888
- Dialogo d'amore e Scherzo for string quartet and piano, 1889
- Sala della Gran guardia vecchia , Ode for choir and orchestra, 1890
- Impressioni musicali for three-part female choir and piano, 1913
- Diana italica , hymn for choir and orchestra or piano
- Ricordanze per pianoforte , 1914
- Due impressioni per pianoforte , 1914
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anfossi, Giovanni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anfossi, Giovanni Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ancona |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1946 |
| Place of death | Milan |