Valentino Bucchi

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Valentino Bucchi (born November 29, 1916 in Florence , † May 9, 1976 in Rome ) was an Italian composer , music critic and teacher.

Life

The son of a horn player and a violinist, after studying philosophy at the University of Florence, completed a musical education at the Liceo Musicale Cherubini with Vito Frazzi and Luigi Dallapiccola .

Since 1938 he was music critic for the magazine La Nazione in Florence. In 1939 his one-act opera Giuoco del Barone was premiered, which attracted the attention of music critic Bruno Barilli and was awarded the Prix ​​Italia in 1956 . After 1941 only a few music reviews from him appeared. Between 1945 and 1947 he wrote reviews for La Nazione del Popolo and Mattino dell'Italia Centrale .

From 1945 Bucchi taught at the Conservatories of Florence and Venice. From 1957 to 1974 he directed the Conservatory of Perugia , then that of Florence until his death. He also worked as director of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana (1958–1960), the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (1963–1967) and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena .

After Bucchi's death, the Associazione Musicale Valentino Bucchi was founded in 1977 (since 1990 Fondazione Valentino Bucchi ), which annually awards the Premio Valentino Bucchi to young musicians and composers.

Works

  • Quattro liriche for voice and piano (after Paul Verlaine , Aldo Palazzeschi ), 1935–40
  • Sonatina for piano, 1938
  • Il giuoco del barone , opera in one act (libretto: Alessandro Parronchi ), world premiere: Florence 1939
  • Cinque Madrigali La dolce pena for voice and nine instruments, 1946
  • Il pianto delle creature , cantata for voice and orchestra, premiered in Florence with Feodora Barbieri 1947
  • Cori della pietà morta for mixed choir and orchestra (text: Franco Fortini ), 1949–50
  • Film music for Il cielo è rosso , 1950
  • La Ballata del Silenzio for orchestra, 1951
  • Li gieus de Robin et de Marion , opera in one act (libretto: Mario Mattolini and Mario Pezzari after Adam de la Halle ), WP : RAI Rome, 1953
  • Film music for Febbre di vivere , Premio Nastro d'Argento 1953
  • Il contrabbasso , grotesque (libretto: Mario Mattolini and Mario Pezzati after Anton Pawlowitsch Chekhov ), premiere: Florence 1954
  • Racconto Siciliano , ballet for two pianos based on an idea by Luchino Visconti , 1955
  • String quartet , premiered by the Quartetto Italiano in New York 1957
  • Concerto Lirico for violin and string orchestra, 1957
  • Mirandolina Ballet, world premiere at the Teatro dell'Opera , Rome, in the choreography by Aurel von Milloss , 1957
  • Concerto in rondò for piano and orchestra, premiere with Vera Franceschi 1957
  • Una notte in paradiso , Cantafavola for soloists, speakers and choir (libretto: Luigi Bazzoni after Italo Calvino ), premiere: Florence 1960
  • Soundtrack for Banditi a Orgosolo , 1961
  • Fantasia for string orchestra, 1963
  • Concerto grottesco for double bass and strings, 1967
  • Il coccodrillo , opera (based on Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski ), world premiere: Teatro Comunale Florenz 1970
  • Ison for cello solo, premiered by Amedeo Baldovino 1971
  • Un incipit for strings, 1972
  • Colloquio corale for speaker, soprano, choir and orchestra, dedicated to the memory of Aldo Capitini , 1972
  • Il Tumulto dei Ciompi , 1972
  • Concerto di Concerti for strings, 1974
  • Soliloquios , monodrama for viola solo, 1976

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personal data
SURNAME Bucchi, Valentino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer, music critic and educator
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1976
Place of death Rome