Alfredo Catalani |

Alfredo Catalani

haku mele ʻItalia. Ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke mele mai kona wā kamaliʻi me kona makuakāne ʻo Eugenio Catalani a me kona ʻanakala ʻo Pelice Catalani (nā piano a me nā haku mele). A laila ua aʻo ʻo ia ma ka Music Institute ma Lucca ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a F. Maggi a me C. Angeloni (harmony and counterpoint). I ka makahiki 1872, ua hana ʻia ka nui leo ʻehā o Catalani ma ka hale pule ʻo Lucca. I ka makahiki 1873, ua aʻo ʻo ia ma Paris Conservatoire me AF Marmontel (piano) a me F. Bazin (counterpoint). I ke kauwela o ia makahiki hoʻi ʻo ia i Italia a komo i ka Conservatory Milan, kahi āna i aʻo ai me A. Bazzini (composition).

I ka makahiki 1875, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kāna "Eastern eclogue" - "Sickle" ("La falce") ma ka Conservatory Theatre, nona kahi makana kūikawā. Ua kākau ʻo ia i nā keaka: Elda (1880, Turin), Dejanice (1883, Milan), Edmea (1886, ibid.). Mai ka makahiki 1886, ua a'o 'o ia i ka haku mele ma Milan Conservatory.

ʻO Catalani kekahi o nā mea haku mele Italia nui o ka hapa lua o ke kenekulia XNUMX. ʻO kekahi o nā manaʻo o Wagnerism a me nā mele mele Farani i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā hana keaka a Catalani. Hāʻawi ʻia kahi wahi kūikawā ma kāna mau keaka i ka hoʻomaka symphonic e like me ke ʻano o ka hōʻike dramatic.

ʻO kāna mau keaka ʻo Lorelei (new edition of the opera Elda, 1890, Turin), La Wally (1892, Milan) kokoke i ka poʻe verists.

ʻO nā haku mele ʻē aʻe nā symphonies "Night" ("La notte", 1874), "Morning" ("Il mattino", 1874), "Meditation" ("Contemplazione", 1878), Scherzo for orchestra (1878), symphonic poem " ʻO Gero lāua ʻo Leander (1885), nā ʻāpana piano, nā mele leo.

S. Grishchenko