Are both Claudio Monteverdi and Gaetano Donizetti Italian composers?
65a2f16c877d1f52c36210523d23fe92
Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (] ; 15 May 1567 (baptized) – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, string player and choirmaster. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered a crucial transitional figure between the Renaissance and the Baroque periods of music history.
69b6b112a033d0b78a6ebfd0b99a3c34
Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (] ; 29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Donizetti was a leading composer of the "bel canto" opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century. Donizetti's close association with the bel canto style was undoubtedly an influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901).
54ad7d224d3faa1c4218c8239c4e7404
Ranieri de' Calzabigi Ranieri de' Calzabigi (] ; 23 December 1714 – July 1795) was an Italian poet and librettist, most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his "reform" operas.
27199e32c41b94649ead0ad50bd4f96a
Tommaso Marchesi Tommaso Marchesi (] ; March 7, 1773 – June 6, 1852) was an Italian composer.
1dd95088d774c2a8f3f4f85767e7094f
Gaetano Martinelli Gaetano Martinelli (? – 1802) was an Italian librettist active in the court theatres of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg from 1766 to 1769 and in Lisbon as the court poet to Joseph I of Portugal and his daughter Maria I from 1769 until his death in 1802. He was one of a group of reforming Italian librettists which also included Calzabigi, Verazi, and Migliavacca, who moved away from the traditional Metastasian plot structures that had dominated opera during the first half of the 18th century. The majority of his early libretti were for comic ("opera buffa") or semi-comic ("dramma giocoso") operas.
06db4422a9782ea43e7b0e2f738d4805
Pietro Raimondi Pietro Raimondi (December 20, 1786, Rome – October 30, 1853) was an Italian composer, transitional between the Classical and Romantic eras. While he was famous at the time as a composer of operas and sacred music, he was also as an innovator in contrapuntal technique as well as in creation of gigantic musical simultaneities.
d8dac90250b1c57ca3957e3899d954cc
Don Giovanni (album) Don Giovanni is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Battisti. Nearly four years in its making, it was released in March 1986 by the Numero Uno label and was later re-released by Sony BMG. In stylistic terms, it features an avant-garde blend of an almost minimalist sound, featuring synthpop inspired electronics, with classic Italian popular music. The title of the album alludes to Mozart's famous work "Don Giovanni".
41371cc4e432dffa2666bbf1413169ad
Carlo Donato Cossoni Carlo Donato Cossoni (Gravedona 10 November 1623-1700) was an Italian composer. He was maestro di cappella in Milan Cathedral 1684-1692. A thematic catolgue of his works was published by Claudio Bacciagaluppi and Luigi Collarile in 2009.
82c3e7007c2317708eaddc45b1abf2f4
Giuseppe Felice Tosi Giuseppe Felice Tosi (28 February 1619 – before 14 December 1693) was an Italian composer and organist, and the father of Pier Francesco Tosi, also a successful composer.
3dddb853b48c05822d0f1172d96d0e08
Enzo Camporeale Enzo (Vincenzo) Camporeale (born July 27, 1966 in Giovinazzo (Ba), Italy) is an Italian composer, musician, pianist, and arranger.
c5b09b79180acbf5424e480a7d3b8e30
Gaetano Molla Giuseppe Cesare Gaetano Molla (1845 – 1894) was an Italian impresario, conductor, pianist, and opera director. Born in Milan, he first came to prominence as the chorus-master at La Scala. After touring with the opera company to Russia in 1863, he settled in Taganrog where he became director of the Taganrog Theatre. He became the center of the town's music life for the next 31 years, notably organizing a new and highly successful symphony orchestra for the city. Among his admirers was a young Anton Chekhov. Gaetano Molla died in a train on the way from Kharkiv to Taganrog.
51342dcebdbf5926de9ea191c195bd43
Francesco Dominici (operatic tenor) Francesco Dominici (1885–1968) was an Italian operatic tenor particularly admired for his acting in comedic roles. He made his professional opera debut as Fernando in Donizetti's "La favorite" at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo in 1914. He created the role of Prunier in the original 1917 production of Puccini's "La rondine" at the Grand Théâtre de Monte Carlo, a role which he performed at many other opera houses including the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Over the next several years he played mostly leading roles at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome including Rodolfo in Puccini's "La Bohème", Fenton in Verdi's "Falstaff", and the Ernesto in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale". In the early 1920s he joined the roster at La Scala where he began playing more buffo roles than leading roles. In 1921, he sang the role of doctor Cajus in Verdi's Falstaff at La Scala and in 1922 was Filipeto in the company's first production of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "I quattro rusteghi". In 1926 he created the role of Emperor Altoum in the original production of Puccini's "Turandot" at La Scala. In 1929 he went on tour with La Scala to Germany. Other roles that Dominici performed at La Scala include David in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", Monostatos in Mozart's "The Magic Flute", and the Neipperg in Umberto Giordano's "Madame Sans-Gêne". In 1931 he moved to Cuba, where he taught music for many years. Dominici died in Havana in 1968.
e4685e69edccdf51e01ec2864b38b07d
Pino Calvi Pino Calvi (Voghera, Pavia, 12 January 1930 – Palazzina di Castana, Pavia, 4 January 1989) was an Italian pianist, arranger, conductor and soundtrack composer for films and TV series.
39ba9690c4855f62506cea608ef021cb
Vent'anni (song) "Vent'anni" is a 1970 Italian song composed by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Enrico Polito and Totò Savio and performed by Massimo Ranieri. The song won the eighth edition of Canzonissima, beating Gianni Morandi's "Capriccio" and establishing Ranieri as the new favorite of the Italian younger audience.
e8b7690556ae9526bb0b7d6f34cec6bb
Il Trionfo di Dori Il Trionfo Di Dori is a collection of 29 Italian madrigals published by Angelo Gardano in Venice in 1592. An edition and commentary was published by Edward Harrison Powley in 1974.
c6fde0552ba7dda763340ec74357b110
Carlo Donida Carlo Donida Labati (30 October 1920, in Milan – 22 April 1998, in Porto Valtravaglia) was an Italian composer and pianist.
b3fe28f643cc2b463138b3c43775ec0a
Girolamo Conversi Girolamo Conversi (fl. 1572–1575) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. His music, which was popular from the 1570s through the 1590s, was noted for its combination of the light "canzone alla napolitana" with the literary and musical sophistication of the madrigal. He appears to have written only secular vocal music.
920a85c008f40be2bbb995c1ed03fd22
Lodovico Monte Lodovico Monte was an Italian music editor and player of the Baroque guitar born in Bologna some time in the early 17th century.
a6aeee7e8c7d124b471e956f287e2cbf
Emanuele Muzio Donnino Emanuele Muzio (or "Mussio") (24 August 1821 in Zibello – 27 November 1890 in Paris) was an Italian composer, conductor and vocal teacher. He was a lifelong friend and the only student of Giuseppe Verdi.
60e6fb11b4a2294ba06cc98f37557ea9
Vincenzo Galli Vincenzo Galli (1798 – 1858) was an Italian opera singer and impresario. Considered an outstanding "basso buffo" singer, he created many roles on Italian stages, including ones in two of Donizetti's operas: Ivano in "Otto mesi in due ore" and Cesare Salzapariglia in "Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali". Luigi Ricci composed the role of Michelotto in his opera "Chiara di Rosembergh" specifically for Galli's voice.
8f9e001bc51e6ae13fe25c885bd0ce33
Giovanni Ruffini Giovanni Ruffini (1807, Genoa – 1881) was an Italian poet of the early 19th century. He is chiefly known for having written the draft of the libretto of the opera "Don Pasquale" for its composer Gaetano Donizetti.
60b96f5180143c1870b509e0cafd1060
Il ballo delle ingrate Il ballo delle ingrate ("The Ballet of the Ungrateful Ladies") is a semi-dramatic ballet by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi set to a libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini. It was first performed in Mantua on Wednesday, 4 June 1608 as part of the wedding celebrations for Francesco Gonzaga (the son of Monteverdri's patron Duke Vincenzo of Mantua) and Margaret of Savoy. Both Vincenzo and Francesco Gonzaga took part in the dancing. Monteverdi also composed the opera "L'Arianna" (to another libretto by Rinuccini) and the music for the prologue to Guarini's play "L'idropica" for the occasion.