Michelangelo Abbado

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Michelangelo Abbado with his wife

Michelangelo Abbado (born September 22, 1900 in Alba , Cuneo province , † September 24, 1979 in Gardone Riviera ) was an Italian violinist , conductor and music teacher .

Life

His father was Michele Abbado, his mother Vittoria Gallian. Michele was a scientist and university professor. He played the violin, viola and piano, if only sporadically, composed and directed theatrical productions. From 1906 his father gave lessons in music theory to Michelangelo. From 1907 he attended the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan . He was assigned to the music theory class of Ettore Pozzoli (July 23, 1873 - November 9, 1957). From 1908 he received violin lessons from Enrico Polo (November 18, 1868 - December 3, 1953). On May 12, 1917, he received his master's degree as a violinist. He took composition lessons with Giacomo Orefice ((August 27, 1865 - December 22, 1922). On July 8, 1922, he received his diploma in composition with top marks. In 1923 he won a violin competition at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory in Palermo and received it from January 1, 1924 He was professor of violin there. On July 31, 1925, he married Maria Adele (Carmela) Savagnone, a writer and pianist, they had four children: Marcello , Luciana, Claudio and Gabriele. From February 16, 1925 to September 30, 1970 he was violin - and viola professor at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, among his students were such well-known soloists as Pina Carmirelli .

Michelangelo Abbado undertook many concert tours as a soloist and chamber musician in changing ensembles, founded a string quartet with Gian Francesco Malipiero, and another with his own name as the first violinist. In 1941 he founded the first Italian special orchestra for baroque music, the Orchestra d'Archi, which he conducted from the violin, and wrote several books on music history and music education. A theater in Alba was named after him.

Michelangelo Abbado was the father of the conductor Claudio Abbado , whom he initially taught the violin himself. The conductor Roberto Abbado , the son of his son Marcello, is his grandson.

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Works (selection)

Instructional works for violin

  • Tecnica dei suoni armonici per violino  : [technique of harmonic sounds for the violin]; published by Ricordi, G. & C., Milan, 1934 in five volumes

Arrangements for violin

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck : Danza degli spiriti beati , transcription for violin and piano, published in 1936 by Carisch in Milan
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti : Violin Concerto No. 18 in E minor, edition for violin and piano with cadenzas by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1937 by G. Ricordi in Milan
  • Johannes Brahms :
    • Danza ungherese [Hungarian Dance] No. 1, transcription for violin and piano by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1938 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Danza ungherese [Hungarian Dance] No. 5, transcription for violin and piano by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1938 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Valzer, transcription for violin and piano by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1938 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Danza ungherese [Hungarian Dance] No. 7, transcription for violin and piano by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1939 by G. Ricordi in Milan
  • Niccolo Paganini :
    • Adagio amoroso e tamburino for violin (from the Sonata op. 3 No. 5 for violin and guitar) arranged and revised for violin and piano by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1940 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Sonata Napoleone for violin (to be played on the fourth string), arranged and revised for violin and piano by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1940 by G. Ricordi in Milan
  • Giuseppe Tartini :
    • Due Sonate a quattro, for two violins, viola and violoncello, arranged and revised by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1940 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Adagio for string orchestra and organ ad libitum from the Concerto in C, transcribed and worked out by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1941 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Adagio violin and piano from the Concerto in C, transcribed and elaborated by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1941 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Concerto grosso in A minor for string orchestra and piano elaborated by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1941 by G. Ricordi in Milan
    • Concerto in D for violin, string orchestra and piano prepared by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1941 by G. Ricordi in Milan
  • Alessandro Rolla : Concerto for violin and orchestra in A major, piano reduction with cadenzas by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1942 by G. Ricordi in Milan
  • Giuseppe Savagnone (1902–1984): Concerto for violin and orchestra in C major, piano reduction and violin part arranged by Michelangelo Abbado, published in 1943 by De Santis in Rome

Other works

  • 12 studi su un tema per violino solo ; [12 Studies on a Theme for Solo Violin]; published by Ricordi, Milan, 1966
  • Come studiare i Capricci Paganini ; [How to learn the Capricci from Paganini ]; Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, 1973

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alessandra Cruciani: Abbado, Michelangelo . In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). tape 34 (Primo supplemento A-C). Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1988 (Italian, treccani.it ).
  2. ↑ Tecnica dei suoni armonici per violino: (opera premiata dalla R. Accademia d'Italia): scale e arpeggi di armonici semplici e doppi in tutti i toni con un'appendice contenente i più interestingi passaggi di armonici doppi tolti dalla letteratura violinistica. January 1, 1934, accessed March 31, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ 12 [Dodici] studi su un tema: per violino. January 1, 1966, accessed March 31, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Abbado, Michelangelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist, music teacher and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Alba , Cuneo
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1979
Place of death Gardone Riviera