Riccardo Zandonai

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Riccardo Zandonai (born May 30, 1883 in Borgo Sacco , Rovereto , Austria-Hungary , † June 5, 1944 in Pesaro ) was an Italian composer and conductor.

Life

In 1899 Zandonai began studying at the Conservatory in Pesaro. As a pupil of Pietro Mascagni , Zandonai was close to verismo , but his music also contains elements of impressionism . In 1902 he finished the nine-year curriculum and set first poems by Giovanni Pascoli to music.

In 1910 he became a corresponding member of the Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati . In 1916 he married the singer Tarquinia Tarquini.

In 1936 he became director of the Conservatory in Pesaro, where he revised several Rossini operas until 1941. In 1944 he died after a gallstone operation.

Zandonai was a very successful composer, especially of operas, during his lifetime . He was placed almost on a par with Puccini, but after his death many of his works were quickly forgotten.

Of his eleven operas, Francesca da Rimini based on Gabriele D'Annunzio's tragedy (premiere: Turin, 1914) and Giulietta e Romeo based on a libretto by Arturo Rossato (first performed in Rome, 1922) can be heard occasionally. In addition, Zandonai created three symphonic poems , concerts and a requiem .

Works

Stage works

Operas

Incidental music

  • Ajax or Commenti musicali all'Aiace di Sofocle (1938/39) for male choir and orchestra, op.18 (based on Sophocles ' Ajax ). Premiere 1939 Syracuse

Instrumental works

Orchestral works

  • Canzone montanina (1902)
  • Serenata medioevale (1909) for violoncello and small orchestra
  • Primavera in Val di Sole (1914/15)
  • Autunno fra i monti (1917/18)
  • Concerto Romantico (1920), for violin and orchestra
  • Quadri di Segantini (1932)
  • Il flauto notturno (1932), for flute and small orchestra
  • Piccola sinfonia agreste (1933)
  • Concerto andaluso (1934), for violoncello and small orchestra
  • Spleen (1934), for violoncello and orchestra

Chamber music

  • String quartet in G major (1904)
  • Trio-Serenata for piano trio (1943)

Piano works

  • Sogno Giovanile (1895)
  • Canzone Montanina (1902)
  • Berceuse (1902)
  • Sera (1904)
  • Tempo di Valzer (1914)
  • Telefunken (1929)
  • Fiori Sotto La Neve (1931)

Vocal music

Choral works

  • Il Salmo 2 (1903) for male choir and orchestra
  • Padre nostro che ne 'cieli stai (1903) for male choir and orchestra. Text by Dante Alighieri
  • Ave, o Maria (1908) for female choir and ensemble
  • Messa da Requiem (1916) for mixed choir
  • Pregiera alla Vergine (1922) for female choir and organ / brass band

Orchestral songs

  • Scena dal V ° Canto dell'Inferno (1899) for tenor and orchestra. Text by Dante Alighieri
  • Il conte Ugolino (1900) for tenor and orchestra. Text by Dante Alighieri
  • Il ritorno di Odesseo (1901) for soprano, baritone, male choir and orchestra. Text by Giovanni Pascoli
  • Il sogno di Rosetta (1901) for soprano, tenor, female choir and orchestra. Text by Giovanni Pascoli
  • Vere novo (1911) for baritone and orchestra. Text by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • La ballata del Messimerit (1942) for tenor, male choir and orchestra

Piano songs

  • 6 melody (1900–1904):
    • Visione invernale
    • Ultima Rosa , text by Antonio Fogazzaro
    • I due tarli
    • Serenata , text by Grazia Deledda
    • Lontana , text by Giovanni Pascoli
    • L'assioulo , text by Giovanni Pascoli
  • 3 liriche francesi (1912):
  • 6 melody (1903–1920):
    • Mistero , text by Giovanni Pascoli
    • Notte di neve , text by Giovanni Pascoli
    • Mistica
    • Portami via!
    • Sotto il ciel
    • La serenata
  • Dicono i morti (1923) for tenor, male choir and piano
  • Tre vocalizzi (1929)

Film music

  • 1938: Rival of the Tsarina (La principessa Tarakanova)
  • 1940: Caravaggio
  • 1939: The Singing Gate
  • 1940: dream music
  • 1940: Melody of Love (Amami, Alfredo!)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Romeo and Juliet (Giulietta e Romeo) . In: program booklet . State Theater Braunschweig, Braunschweig 2017.
  2. ↑ Membership database of the academy
  3. ^ Diego Cescotti:  Zandonai, Riccardo. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 17 (register). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1986, DNB 550439609 , Sp. 1324-1325
personal data
SURNAME Zandonai, Riccardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Borgo Sacco , Rovereto , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1944
Place of death Pesaro