Paolo Serrao
Paolo Serrao (11 April 1830 – 17 March 1907) was a distinguished and influential Italian teacher of musical theory and composition at Naples.
Serrao was born in Filadelfia, Calabria. As professor of composition at the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatorio at Naples, over many years, he taught many famous Italian musicians, notably Giuseppe Martucci, Umberto Giordano, Leopoldo Mugnone, Michele Esposito, Francesco Cilea, Franco Alfano, Luigi Denza and Alessandro Longo.
He wrote five operas, of which Pergolesi was the most successful. His other compositions include both concert and sacred music. He died in Naples, aged 76.
Selected works
- Opera
- L'impostore, Opera semiseria (1850)
- Leonora dei Bardi, Opera seria (1853)
- Pergolesi, Melodramma semiserio in 3 acts (1857); libretto by Federico Quercia
- La Duchessa di Guisa, Melodramma in 4 acts (1865); libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
- Il Figliuol Prodigo, Opera in 4 acts (1868); libretto by Achille de Lauzières
- Orchestral
- Sinfonia
- Chamber music
- Andante e Fuga for string quartet
- Elegia for violin (or cello) and piano
- Minuetto for harp or piano
- Choral
- Requiem for mixed chorus and orchestra
- Gli Ortonesi in Sciò, Oratorio
Sources
- Arthur Eaglefield Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.