Italo Azzoni

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Italo Azzoni (born December 23, 1853 in Parma ; † September 28, 1935 there ) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher.

Life

Italo Azzoni studied music with Francesco Bucellati in his hometown and attended the city's music school for a year from October 14, 1864. He then took private lessons in counterpoint, harmony and composition with Giulio Cesare Ferrarini and became a composer at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, where his opera Consalvo was premiered in 1878 based on a libretto by Attilio Catelli . He then took part in several concerts of the Società del quartetto of Parma and in 1879 was appointed technical director of the Scuola Corale for a year . In 1883 he went to New York as concertmaster at the invitation of the Metropolitan Opera .

After his return to Parma in 1884 he succeeded Bucellati as piano teacher at the Collegio delle Orsoline , and three years later he directed the orchestral concerts in the buildings of the scientific and technical exhibition in Parma. From 1887 to 1892 he taught solfège and choral singing at the Pia Casa di provvidenza , from 1889 also at the city's conservatory, where he held the chair for theoretical and practical harmony and choral singing from July 1, 1895.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Azzoni was director of the Metropolitan Opera Company for several years . From 1908 he was again professor and also deputy director at the Parma Conservatory and remained in this position until his retirement on December 20, 1923. In addition to his own compositions, he wrote several piano transcriptions of operas by Giuseppe Verdi ( Aida ) and Pietro Mascagnis and the textbooks Guida teorico-pratica per lo studio e l'insegnamento di canto corale and Manuale teorico-pratico per lo studio dell'armonia complementare (published by Casa Ricordi ).

Works (selection)

  • Consalvo , opera in four acts, 1878. Libretto: Attilio Catelli. The work was premiered on September 17, 1878 at the Teatro DalVerme in Milan.
  • Le gioie della carità , Vaudeville, 1886 (1912 under the title Il cuore dei fanciulli )
  • Nel regno delle favole , 1933
  • Tantum Ergo per coro di Tenori e Bassi con accomp. d'Orchestra ed Organo. Riduzione per Canto e Pianoforte. Op. 14th Milan 1882
  • Capriccio Studio per pianoforte , Op. 17, Ricordi, Milan 1930
  • Andantino in Mi flat per due Violini, Viola e Violoncelle. Op. 18, Milan 1885
  • Scarabocchi Pianistici . Op. 20. I Preludio . II Tempo di Ballo . III melody . IV Studio Scherzo ., Milan 1885
  • Fantasia Pastorale per tre oboi e pianoforte op. 21, undated
  • Scherzino on the piano . Op. 23, F. Lucca, Milan 1887
  • Presto in mi minore per due violini una viola e un violoncello op.24, undated
  • Alla pace op.34 , text: Oreste Boni
  • Rimembranze giovanili. Duettino per due oboi con pianoforte op.48 , Florence 1927
  • Overture in sol per orchestra. Riduz. per pianoforte a quattro mani dall'Autore , Florence 1930

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Riccardo Allorto: Azzoni, Italo . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . tape 4 , 1962 (Italian, treccani.it ).
  2. ^ Tantum Ergo per coro di Tenori e Bassi con accomp. d'Orchestra ed Organo. Riduzione per Canto e Pianoforte. Op. 14. 1882, accessed on October 13, 2017 (undetermined).
  3. ^ Italo Azzoni: Capriccio Studio: per pianoforte, Op. 17. 1930, accessed on October 13, 2017 .
  4. ^ Andantino in Mi flat per due Violini, Viola e Violoncelle. Op. 18. 1885, accessed on 13 October 2017 (undetermined).
  5. ↑ scarabocchi Pianistici. Op. 20. No. 1. Preludio. No. 2. Tempo di Ballo. No. 3. Melody. No. 4. Studio Scherzo. 1885, accessed October 13, 2017 (undetermined).
  6. ^ Italo Azzoni: Scherzino per Pianoforte. Op. 23. F. Lucca, 1887, accessed on October 13, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Azzoni, Italo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Parma
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1935
Place of death Parma