Ave Maria
Composer: Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897), c1845
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| Lyrics: none |
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| Score: No.1 in Op.16 - "2
Morceaux de Salon pour piano et violon"
free download on IMSLP |
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A
biographical dictionary of musicians (ed.
Theodore Baker)
G. Schirmer, 1905 - Biography & Autobiography - 695 pages |
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Bazzini Antonio b Brescia Mar 11 1818 d Milan Feb 10
1S97 Violin pupil of Faustino Camisani at 17 in di eapft of the Ch of S
Filippo for which he wrote masses and vespers besides bringing out 6
oratorios w full orch Played 1836 before Paganini and following his advice
to travel went in 1837 to Milan and gave successful concerts 1840 46 his
tours extended to Venice Trieste Dresden Berlin Copenhagen Warsaw and
finally Leipzig where he stayed some time an enthusiastic student of Bach
and Beethoven Travelled through Italy then 1848 Spain and 1852 France giving
some 20 concerts in Paris he also went to England but 1864 returned to
Brescia and devoted himself to composition
1873 app prof of comp in and in 1882 Director of Milan Cons In his numerous
comps. the exuberance of Italian melody is wedded to a harmony of German
depth and richness giving him a unique place in the annals of Italian music
Works: Opera Turunda Milan 1867 unsucc ,symphonic poem Francesco da
Rimini 1890, overtures to Al fieri's Saul and Shakespeare's Lear, symphonic
cantata Senacheribbo, cantata La Risurrezione di Crista, Psalms I.I. and l.
VI., concertos f vln w orch; 5 string quartets and 1 string quintet
considered his finest work; many arr and orig pcs f vln and pf; songs etc
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