Rosario Scalero
Rosario Scalero (born December 24, 1870 in Moncalieri ; † December 25, 1954 at Montestrutto ) was an Italian violinist , music teacher and composer .
Scalero studied at the Liceo Musicale di Torino with Luigi Avalle . He then lived in Turin, Genoa and Rome, and in 1895 went to London to study with the violinist August Wilhelmj , the concertmaster of the world premiere of Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen in Bayreuth . In 1900 he left London and studied composition with Eusebius Mandyczewski in Vienna .
In 1907 Scalero returned to Rome. Here he founded the Società del Quartetto in 1913 , of which he was musical director and first violinist. In 1919 he was appointed to succeed Ernest Bloch as a composition teacher at the Mannes School of Music in New York. From 1927 he taught at the famous Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In 1946 he returned to Italy and settled at Montestrutto Castle near Ivrea, where he died in 1954.
Works
- A suite for string quartet and string orchestra
- La Divina Foresta , symphonic poem for large orchestra
Pupil of Rosario Scalero
- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
- Nino Rota (1911-1979)
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| SURNAME | Scalero, Rosario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violinist, music teacher and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moncalieri |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1954 |
| Place of death | Montestrutto Castle near Ivrea |