Luigi Canepa

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Luigi Canepa

Luigi Canepa (born January 15, 1849 in Sassari ; † May 12, 1914 there ) was an Italian composer .

Life

Canepa's father Francesco and his mother Angela Solari were of Genoese origin. They soon discovered his musical talent and let him learn to play the flute at the age of eight. At the age of ten they sent him to the Milan Conservatory, where he stayed until the autumn of 1861. The following year he was accepted as a student for a fee at the Conservatory of Naples under the direction of Saverio Mercadante , where he achieved excellent results: at just fifteen he won a competition for a place in the class of counterpoint and composition .

On October 14, 1867, Canepa left the Conservatory to fight with Giuseppe Garibaldi in the campaign for the liberation of Rome. But he was wounded and taken prisoner. On November 5th he returned to the Naples Conservatory and shortly afterwards he moved to Milan, where he continued his musical studies.

Title page of the libretto of the opera Riccardo III.

In 1871 he composed his first opera Davide Rizio on a libretto by Enrico Costa, a compatriot and cousin Canepas. The opera in three acts, which deals with the lives of David Rizzio and Maria Stuart , was performed for the first time in November of the following year at the Teatro Carcano and then acquired by the publisher Lucca, who staged it in many Italian cities and in Barcelona brought.

In 1874 Canepa composed the opera I pezzenti based on a libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio , which was performed in September of the same year at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and subsequently in several European theaters.

Canepa continued to establish itself, and his third opera, Riccardo III based on a libretto by Fulvio Fulgonio, which premiered in 1879, received unanimous praise from critics and other famous composers such as Giuseppe Verdi and Amilcare Ponchielli .

A serious illness interrupted Canepa's career and forced him to retire to his hometown, where he devoted himself to music criticism and teaching.

An improvement in his health allowed him to compose again, but his fame had now faded. During this time he wrote a mass, a funeral march for Giuseppe Garibaldi and a funeral elegy for Nino Bixio .

Canepa ended his career as a composer with the tragicomic opera scene Amsicora based on a libretto by Salvatore Scano. It had its world premiere in April 1903 at the Teatro Verdi in Sassari.

Named after Luigi Canepa are, among others, the Music Conservatory of Sassari, a street in the same town and the Chorale Luigi Canepa, the oldest choir in Sardinia.

His grave lies together with that of his mother and son Aldo Canepa in the Sassari Memorial Cemetery.

literature

  • François-Joseph Fétis : Biography universelle des musiciens. Vol. 1, Brussels 1878, p. 146.
  • Félix Clément, Pierre Larousse : Dictionnaire des Opéras. 1905, Vol. 1, p. 299; Vol. 2, p. 946.
  • Giulio Fara: Un dimenticato: Luigi Canepa. In: Cronaca musicale. 18, No. 5, 1914
  • Alberto De Angelis: L'Italia musicale d'oggi: Dizionario dei musicisti. Ausonia, 1918
  • Carlo Schmidl : Dizionario universale dei musicisti. Vol. 1, Sonzogno, 1937, p. 286.
  • Umberto Manferrari: Dizionario universale delle opere melodrammatiche. Vol. 1, Sansoni, 1954, pp. 193 ff.
  • Pietro Sassu: Il maestro Luigi Canepa. Gallizzi, 1961
  • Aurelio Campus: Documenti inediti della vita di Luigi Canepa. In: La Nuova Sardegna. January 25, 1963
  • Giuliana Scappini:  Canepa, Luigi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 18:  Canella – Cappello. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1975.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Veronica Carta: Le vicende di Maria Stuarda nell'interpretazione di Enrico Costa. In: Filologia Sarda , PDF, p. 298.
  2. ↑ Corrado Ambiveri: Operisti Minori dell'Ottocento italiano. Gremese Editore, 1998, pp. 33-34.
  3. ↑ See Enrico Costa: I Pezzenti. In: La Stella di Sardegna. Sassari, IV 47, November 24, 1878.
  4. ↑ Giuliana Scappini:  Canepa, Luigi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 18:  Canella – Cappello. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1975.
  5. ^ Dal sito del Conservatorio di Sassari.
  6. ↑ Corrado Ambiveri: Operisti Minori dell'Ottocento italiano. Gremese Editore, 1998, pp. 33-34.
personal data
SURNAME Canepa, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Sassari
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1914
Place of death Sassari