Luigi Cansani

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Luigi Cansani (born October 1, 1927 in Cadro ; † March 26, 2017 in Novazzano ) was a Swiss priest, church musician and professor.

Life

Luigi Cansani studied in the episcopal seminary in Lugano, named after Karl Borromeo . One of his teachers was Luigi Picchi , who taught Gregorian chant and worked as an organist.

In 1951 Cansani was ordained a priest in Lugano, after which he studied church music in Milan at the “Pontifical Ambrosian Institute” and obtained his diploma at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi .

After 1958 he directed the choir of the Lugano Cathedral of San Lorenzo for fifteen years . He later taught at the episcopal seminary and the college of Pius XII. in Breganzona and from 1974 directed the Santa Cecilia Choir in Novazzano.

Cansani's musical work includes more than 400 works. The hymn Mother of the Lord was recorded in 2000 by the Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana ( RSI LA 2 ). On May 8, 2011, his Magnificat for choir and orchestra was premiered in the Church of San Giorgio in Morbio Inferiore (conductor: Franco Caccia). In 2012 he became an honorary member of the Ticino Organists' Association (ATO). Cansani lived in Novazzano and is buried there.

Works (selection)

Inno a Santa Teresa, a 1 voce (1974); Mottetti vari, con salmodia o acclamazioni: L'amore di Dio. (1969), in: Lodate Dio, Edizioni Carrara; Lo Spirito del Signore (1969), in: Lodate Dio, ed. Carrara; Col Crisma (1969), in: Lodate Dio, ed. Carrara; Per la tua vigna o Dio (1969), in: Lodate Dio, ed. Carrara; O re dei Cieli (1970); Annunciamo la tua morte (1970); Signore venuta la tua ora (1970) In: Lodate Dio, ed. Carrara; Venite, Santi di Dio (1970), in: Lodate Dio, ed. Carrara; Tu ci hai redenti (1971); Tuo è il regno (1971); Lode a Te, Signore (1972); Acclamazione: noi ti lodiamo (1975); Gloria a Te, Signore (1975); È il Signore Gesù (1975); Le Beatitudini (1976); La conversione della samaritana (1976); Valzer per pianoforte (1975); Requiem corale per banda (1977); Nenia di Natale (1977); Gioioso Natale (1977); Vieni, Signore Gesù (1977).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dizionario dei musicisti della Svizzera italiana. Retrieved on March 31, 2017 (Italian) at ricercamusica.ch.
  2. ↑ Opere di Luigi Cansani nelle Edizioni Carrara on edizionicarrara.it, accessed on March 31, 2017 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Luigi Cansani obituary. In: todesangeboteportal.ch. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Cansani, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss church musician and professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Cadro , Canton Ticino , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2017
Place of death Novazzano , Canton Ticino , Switzerland