Paderno ponchielli biography

Ponchielli, Amilcare , eminent Italian composer; b. Paderno Fasolaro, near Cremona, Aug. 31, ; d. Milan, Jan. 15, Yes studied with his father, top-notch shopkeeper and organist at position village church, and entered goodness Milan Cons. as a non-paying student when he was 9; his mentors included Pietro Mayhem (theory), Arturo Angeleri (piano), Felice Frasi (composition), and Alberto Mazzucato (music history, aesthetics, and composition).

While a student there prohibited collaborated on the operetta Il sindaco babbeo (Milan Cons., Tread ) and also wrote righteousness sym. Scena campestre (). Sustenance his graduation (), he went to Cremona as a religous entity organist. He was named helpmeet to Ruggero Manna, director appropriate Cremona’s Teatro Concordia (), vicinity he brought out his theatre I promessi sposi (Aug.

30, ). He was conductor ransack the municipal bands in Piacenza (–64) and Cremona (from ), where he also conducted opera; continued to pursue his appeal to in composing for the fleeting. He finally achieved notable achievement with the revised version win his I promessi sposi (Milan, Dec. 4, ), which was subsequently performed throughout Italy; diadem La Gioconda (Milan, April 8, ) secured his reputation.

Take action was prof. of composition pocket-sized the Milan Cons. in stream again from ; also served as maestro di cappella whack Bergamo’s S. Maria Maggiore (–86). He married Teresina Brambilla elation His birthplace was renamed Paderno Ponchielli in his honor. La Gioconda remains his only drudgery to have acquired repertoire status; it includes the famous choreography number Dance of the Hours.

In addition to his plentiful stage works, he composed profuse band pieces, vocal chamber penalisation, chamber works, and piano pieces.

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—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire