Luigi Arditi

Luigi Arditi (born July 22, 1822 in Crescentino near Vercelli , † May 1, 1903 in Hove near Brighton ) was an Italian violinist and composer .

Luigi Arditi worked as a theater conductor on Italian stages, but also in Havana , New York , Constantinople and London (1858), Vienna and Saint Petersburg (1871–73). He also made guest tours in Germany with his own opera company, but eventually settled in London permanently.

Of his compositions, the opera "Der Spion" (1856) first became known, but soon disappeared from the stage again, the vocal waltz "Il bacio" ("Kiss Waltz") in particular held up. A real renaissance has probably not been brought to him, but some of his salon songs have appeared on various CDs in recent years. The idea of "singing" dances might not have come from him, but he made it so popular in the 19th century through his compositions that he became a kind of forefather of dance operettas and musicals .

It was important to Arditi that his dances were really "two-purpose", that is, they really had to be both singed and danced.

He played his song "Inno Turco" (Turkish song, in Turkish: turk kasidesi ) in 1867 in honor of the state visit of Sultan Abdulaziz I at the Crystal Palace in London.

Web links

Commons : Luigi Arditi - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Sheet music and audio files by Luigi Arditi in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME	Arditi, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian musician, violinist, composer, theater conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH	Crescentino at Vercelli
DATE OF DEATH	May 1, 1903
Place of death	Hove near Brighton

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