Amintore Galli
Italian music publisher and composer (1845–1919) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amyntor "Amintore" Flaminio Claudio Galli (12 October 1845 – 8 December 1919) was an Italian music publisher, journalist, historian, musicologist, and composer.
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Born | Amyntor Flaminio Claudio Galli (1845-10-12)12 October 1845 |
Died | 8 December 1919(1919-12-08) (aged 74) |
Burial place | Monumental Cemetery of Rimini |
Monuments | Amintore Galli Theatre |
Alma mater | Milan Conservatory |
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Children | 1 |
Born in the Marecchia valley, Galli was educated under Alberto Mazzucato at the Milan Conservatory.[1][2] In 1874, he became artistic director of Edoardo Sonzogno's new Casa Musicale Sonzogno [it], for which he directed several magazines.[1] Galli distinguished Sonzogno by publishing renowned operas at affordable prices, and under his direction, it became one of Italy's leading musical publishing houses.[3] He translated several librettos and wrote original recitatives.[1][2] As Director of Il teatro illustrato, Galli oversaw Sonzogno's musical competitions, the second of which notably produced Cavalleria rusticana by his former pupil Pietro Mascagni,[3] to whom Galli was particularly close.[1]
Between 1878 and 1903, Galli was Chair of Counterpoint and Musical Aesthetics at the Milan Conservatory.[1][2] Galli's students included Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Marco Enrico Bossi, Giacomo Puccini, and Francesco Cilea.[1] He wrote multiple influential essays and treatises on musicology and music history,[1][4] which are still studied in many Italian music schools today.[4]
Despite his illustrious career as a publisher, journalist, and academic, Galli's operatic compositions received cool receptions, and only two were ever performed in his lifetime.[1][2] Galli is credited with composing the music of Filippo Turati's Workers' Hymn, a popular socialist anthem that was banned by successive governments.[5][6] Galli died in Rimini in 1919.[1][2] In May 1947, the city's semi-destroyed Victor Emmanuel II Theatre was renamed in his honour.[6][7][8][9]