Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner

Composer^[1] and pianist^[2] Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846 – 27 May 1896) was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire,^[3] but lived in Italy^[4] most of her life.

Untersteiner studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1874 to 1876 and graduated with a prize.^[3] Milan Conservatory director Antonio Bazzini^[5] questioned whether to admit female students, but noted in a letter to Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella director Giuseppe Martucci^[6] that the only candidate worthy of admission in 1874 was Untersteiner.^[7]

Untersteiner's music was published by Casa Ricordi.^[8] Her compositions include:

Orchestra

God and Satan (symphonic poem; also arranged for two pianos)^[9]

Piano

God and Satan (two pianos)^[3]

Theatre

Sul Baltico (On the Baltic)^[3]

Vocal

songs in French and Italian^[3]

[1]
Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
[2]
Almanacco italiano (in Italian). Bemporad-Marzocco. 1896.
[3]
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[4]
Sessa, Andrea (2003). Il melodramma italiano, 1861-1900 : dizionario bio-bibliografico dei compositori. Firenze. ISBN 88-222-5213-6. OCLC 53880125.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[5]
"L'Ottocento europeo: trasformazioni sociali e nuova vita per le compositrici? - imPagine". www.impagine.it. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
[6]
Marchetti, Luca (2017). "Yesterday and today. Portraits of composers and performers who have revolutionized the history of music" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Apr 2021.
[7]
Carrer, Pinuccia (2012). "C.I.R.S. De - University of Turin Online course - Introduction to gender studies" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Apr 2021.
[8]
Chiti, Patricia Adkins (1996). Donne in musica (in Italian). Armando. ISBN 978-88-7144-593-9.
[9]
L'Illustrazione italiana (in Italian). Editore Garzanti. 1884.

[1] [1]
Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[2] [2]
Almanacco italiano (in Italian). Bemporad-Marzocco. 1896.

[:0-3] [3]
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] [4]
Sessa, Andrea (2003). Il melodramma italiano, 1861-1900 : dizionario bio-bibliografico dei compositori. Firenze. ISBN 88-222-5213-6. OCLC 53880125.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[5] [5]
"L'Ottocento europeo: trasformazioni sociali e nuova vita per le compositrici? - imPagine". www.impagine.it. Retrieved 2021-04-26.

[6] [6]
Marchetti, Luca (2017). "Yesterday and today. Portraits of composers and performers who have revolutionized the history of music" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Apr 2021.

[7] [7]
Carrer, Pinuccia (2012). "C.I.R.S. De - University of Turin Online course - Introduction to gender studies" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Apr 2021.

[8] [8]
Chiti, Patricia Adkins (1996). Donne in musica (in Italian). Armando. ISBN 978-88-7144-593-9.

[9] [9]
L'Illustrazione italiana (in Italian). Editore Garzanti. 1884.

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