Mezio Agostini

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Mezio Agostini (born August 12, 1875 in Fano ; † April 22, 1944 there ) was an Italian composer, conductor and music teacher.

Life

education

Mezio Agostini initially received lessons from his father. From 1885 to 1893 he studied at the Liceo Rossini , the later Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" in Pesaro . He completed his piano studies with pianist Mario Vitali in 1893 with a diploma. He received another diploma in composition in 1894 after studying with Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893) and Arturo Vanbianchi (1862–1942).

Artistic and educational activity

Between 1894 and 1900 he worked as a theater conductor on various Italian and foreign stages. In 1900 Pietro Mascagni appointed him professor of harmony at the Liceo Rossini in Pesaro. In 1909 he succeeded Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari as director and first composition teacher at the Liceo Benedetto Marcello , later the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice . He held this position until 1940. In 1905 he conducted the world premiere of the opera Giovanni Gallurese by Italo Montemezzi at the Teatro Grande in Brescia . In 1910 he directed the revival of the opera La cambiale di matrimonio at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. On many occasions, especially in the years after the First World War , he conducted symphony concerts in Venice and other cities. He performed as a pianist, performed his own works and played chamber music with the violinist Mario Corti (1882–1957) and the cellist Gilberto Crepax (1890–1970).

Works (selection)

Agostini composed orchestral, chamber, piano and organ music as well as some operas.

Stage works

  • Jovo e Maria, opera in two acts. Libretto: A. Pizzagalli, based on a Montenegrin subject. The work was written in 1896 for and dedicated to the wedding of Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples to Elena of Montenegro . But it was not listed.
  • Il cavaliere del sogno, lyrical legend in one act, libretto: G. Margaroni-Brancuti and A. Saviotti. The premiere took place on February 24, 1897 in the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano.
    The characters at the premiere were: Il castellano, Ezio Fucili ; Gisella , his daughter, Teresina Chelotti (1861–1927, soprano); Il cavaliere del sogno , Oreste Ponzi; Rutlando, his squire, Davide Carnevali (baritone)
  • La penna d'Airone , in one act, libretto: Alfredo Saviotti, 1898
  • Alcibiade , opera in three acts, libretto: Francesco Vatielli (1877–1946) based on Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), 1902
  • America , also Hail Columbia , libretto: Carlo Zangarini (1874–1943) based on a legend by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , 1904
  • L'ombra, opera in three acts, libretto: Luigi Orsini (1873–1954) based on a novella by Antonio Beltramelli (1874–1930), 1907
  • L'agnello del sogno , 1928
  • La figlia del navarca, Opera seria in 3 acts, libretto: Luigi Orsini. The premiere took place on September 3, 1938 in the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano.

Choral music

  • Choirs for four mixed voices op.45, dedicated to Vittorio Veneziani, OCLC 89868431
    • Natale op. 45 No. 1 Text: Alfredo Galletti (1872–1962)
    • Maggiolata op. 45 No. 2 Text: Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907)
    • Meriggio Alpino op.45 No. 3 Text: Giosuè Carducci
    • Bacco domanda un bicchiere op. 45 No. 4 Text: from Bacco in Toscana by Francesco Redi
  • Inno alla mutualità scolastica , for one-part children's choir with piano accompaniment, text: Maria Pezze 'Pascolato (1869–1933)

Chamber music

  • Piano trio in F major op.17 , printed by C. Schmidl & C., Leipzig, 1911, OCLC 936904388 . In 1904 the work won first prize in a composition competition advertised by the magazine Musica di Parigi . Jurors included Claude Debussy and Paul Dukas.
  • String quartet No. 2, op. 37, printed by Mario Gasparini in Venice in 1923
    I. Allegro un po sostenuto - II. Adagio non troppo ed espressivo - III. Scherzo - IV Final
  • Sonata for violin and piano op.46, printed by Pizzi & C., Bologna, 1922
  • Three compositions for violoncello and piano, printed by Pelissier in Rome

Piano music

  • Compositions for piano, printed in 1912 by Carisch & Jänichen in Milan.
    • Ballata, Ugo Bassani (1851-1914), dedicated, OCLC 659167136
    • Impressioni , eight piano pieces
      • I. Berceuse
      • II. Crepusculo
      • III. Abbandono
      • IV. Raccontando
      • V. Rimpianti
      • VI. Semplicità
      • VII. Sognando
      • VIII. Mazurka insinuante
    • Imprompu
    • Mazurka No. 2
    • Mazurka No. 3 in E minor
    • Mazurka No. 4 in Germany
    • Notturno , dedicated to Adriano Adriani, OCLC 659167146
    • Scherzo, dedicated to Mario Vitali, OCLC 659167156
    • Valse No. 1 in G.
    • Valse No. 2 in F minor
    • Valse caprice
  • Bordeggiando, Barcarole for piano , printed by Casa Editrice Musicale Italiana, 1913
  • Coccodè !, printed in the Casa Editrice Musicale Italiana
  • Al Telajo, printed in Turin, 1921

Organ music

  • Preludio in D flat major for organ, dedicated to Vincenzo Petrali , published in 1911 by Giudici & Strada in Milan
  • Preghiera [prayer] for organ in D flat major, printed by Guglielmo Zanibon, Padova, 1941

Vocal music

  • La serenata, for voice and piano, text: Vittoria Aganoor (1855–1910), printed by Pélissier in Rome

reception

The Society for the Promotion of Italian Concert Music was a society with the aim of making the music of contemporary composers better known to the American concert audience. She kept a list of those composers considered worthy of support by the Society. In 1925 Mezio Agostini was added to this list. On it were Franco Alfano , Marco Enrico Bossi , Renzo Rinaldo Bossi , Francesco Cilea , Francesco Malipiero , Giacomo Orefice , Ottorino Respighi and Amilcare Zanella (1873-1949).

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Web links

Digital copies

  1. ^ Il cavaliere del sogno, libretto as digitized version at the Teca Digitale Viewer of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
  2. ↑ String Quartet No.2, Op.37 as a digitized version in the IMSLP
  3. ↑ Preludio as a digitized version in the IMSLP

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Agostini, Mezio. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1:  Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
  2. ↑ a b c section after: Riemann Musiklexikon, 1959.
  3. ^ Il nuovo direttore del "Benedetto Marcello" . In: La Stampa . Turin September 25, 1909, p. 4 (Italian, archiviolastampa.it ).
  4. ^ The World of Music . In: The Oshkosh Northwestern . Oshkosh, Wisconsin September 21, 1938, pp. 5 (English, newspapers.com ).
  5. ^ Music in Hamilton . In: The Journal News . Hamilton, Ohio September 26, 1925, p. 11 (English, newspapers.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Agostini, Mezio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Fano
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1944
Place of death Fano