Giuseppe Gazzaniga
Giuseppe Gazzaniga (born October 5, 1743 in Verona , † February 1, 1818 in Crema ) was an Italian opera composer.
Life
Giuseppe Gazzaniga was supposed to be a priest at the father's request. After his death, however, he studied music in Venice, a. a. for a short time with Nicola Antonio Porpora and then at the Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana in Naples. There he was a student of Niccolò Piccinni . From 1791 until his death he was Kapellmeister at the Cathedral of Crema , where he taught Stefano Pavesi from 1802 . Gazzaniga also composed instrumental music and church music, most of which is still handwritten (in the Verona State Archives and in Bologna in the Civico Museo bibliografico musicale GB Martini ).
Gazzaniga set around 60 opera libretti to music , his greatest success was the opera Don Giovanni o sia Il Convitato di Pietra (premiered on February 5, 1787 in Venice), whose text, written by Giovanni Bertati , was Lorenzo da Ponte as the direct model for his libretto for Mozart's Don Giovanni served. Gazzaniga's opera was performed in Corfu in 1789 , in Paris in 1791 , in Lisbon in 1792 and in Madrid in 1796 .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Giuseppe Gazzaniga in the International Music Score Library Project
- List of stage works by Giuseppe Gazzaniga based on the MGG at Operone
- Search for operas by Giuseppe Gazzaniga (search term in the Autore field : "Gazzaniga Giuseppe") in the Corago information system of the University of Bologna
literature
- Raoul Meloncelli: Gazzanigra, Giuseppe. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 52: Gambacorta – Gelasio II. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1999.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gazzaniga, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verona |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1818 |
| Place of death | Crema |