Polibio Fumagalli

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Polibio Fumagalli (born October 26, 1830 in Inzago , † June 21, 1900 in Milan ) was an Italian composer , organist and pianist of the Romantic period.

Live and act

Polibio Fumagalli was the brother of Adolfo , Carlo , Disma and Luca Fumagalli . Like his brothers, Polibio began studying music in his hometown with the organist Gaetano Medaglia and then went to the Conservatory in Milan , where he studied the piano with Antonio Angeleri , as well as the flute here . During this time he also took part in some of his brother Adolfo's concerts in Milan and the surrounding area. He graduated in flute and composition in 1852 and became organist and conductor in Vimercate the following yearin the Milan area. Another year later he got the same offices at the Church of San Celso in Milan, which he held for 35 years and only gave up in 1889 for health reasons. In 1873 Polibio became a lecturer for the organ at the Conservatory in Milan - a position he held until the end of his life - he also taught privately, organized organ concerts in Milan and the surrounding area, directed choirs, acted as an organ expert and was a sought-after piano teacher. He also took part in various discussions on the organ system in Italy and took care of a new organ built according to his ideas at the Milan Conservatory; this instrument was inaugurated in 1893.

meaning

With more than 300 works, Polibio Fumagalli was the most productive composer compared to his brothers. He wrote sacred music and organ works, for piano in particular character pieces and fantasies about opera melodies that are suitable for beginners, as well as songs and works for chamber music , including a trio de bravoure ( op.281 ) for flute, oboe and clarinet with piano accompaniment. Polibio's students include Marco Enrico Bossi , Giovanni Tebaldini , Pietro Yon and Luigi Mapelli (1855–1913). The English organist William Thomas Best made his organ work La caccia a standard work in concert literature.

Works (selection)

  • Sacred vocal music
  • Chamber music
    • Fantasia originale for flute and piano op.7 (Milan around 1849)
    • Fantasia di concerto sulla Norma for flute and piano op.9 (Milan 1849/50)
    • Il pollo , Scherzo for flute and piano op.10 (Milan 1849/50)
    • Tarantella for flute and piano op.12 (Milan between 1850 and 1854)
    • Gran terzetto for flute, clarinet, oboe and piano op.40 (Milan between 1854 and 1857)
    • Trio de bravoure for flute, oboe and clarinet with piano op.281
  • Piano music
    • Numerous works for piano on operatic melodies, especially by Verdi, including:
    • Collection L'aprile delle giovanni pianiste op.61 (Milan around 1865)
    • Bozzetti teatrali collection op.140 (Milan without year)
    • Salon pieces , in particular dances
    • Works for piano for four and eight hands
  • Organ music
    • Sonata in D major for organ solo op.269 (Moderato, Adagio, Finale)
    • Sonata in E minor for organ solo op.290
    • Sonata in B flat major for organ solo (Andante maestoso - Allegro giusto, Andante religioso, Ultimo tempo)
    • Ascetica Musicale for organ solo op.235
    • Capriccio alla sonata for organ solo
    • Emulazione for organ solo
    • Marcia villereccia for organ solo
    • Ripieno for organ solo
    • Scherzino for organ solo
    • Tempo di sonata - Breve fantasia for organ solo
    • Toccata et Fugue for organ solo op.298
    • further marches, sonatas, preludes and fugues as well as studies for organ.

expenditure

  • Lorenzo Ghielmi (editor): Polibio Fumagalli , Sonata for Organ in E minor op.290, Carrara, Bergamo 1992, ISMN M-2157-3995-6.

literature

  • V. Donella: Musica d'organo e organisti in Italia dalla decadenza alla riforma (secolo XIX e prima metà del secolo XX) , in: Rivista internazionale di musica sacra No. 3, 1982, pages 27-88
  • Bianca Maria Antolini: Fumagalli , in: Fiorella Bartoccini (editor), Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI), Volume 50: Francesci I Sforza - Gabbi, Istituto della Enciclopedia degli Italiani, Rome 1998
  • The Aeolian Company: The Aeolian Pipe-Organ and Its Music , Wildhern Press, 2008, ISBN 1848300581 , page 131
  • Barbara Stühlmeyer : Polibio Fumagalli. Renewers of tone and taste , in: Die Tagespost , July 19, 2017.

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Francesca Bascialli: Fumagalli, Polibio , in: Ludwig Finscher (Ed.), The Music in Past and Present , second edition, personal section, Volume 7 (Fra - Gre), Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618- 1117-9 , columns 267-268
  2. ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , edited by Stanley Sadie, 2nd Edition, Volume 9, McMillan Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3
  3. ^ Alfred Baumgartner: Polibio Fumagalli , in: Propylaea World of Music Volume 2, ISBN 3549078323 , pages 360–361
personal data
SURNAME Fumagalli, Polibio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Inzago
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1900
Place of death Milan