Giovanni Tadolini (18 October 1789 – 29 November 1872) was an Italian composer, conductor and singing instructor, who enjoyed a career that alternated between Bologna and Paris. Tadolini is probably best known for completing six sections of Rossini's 1833 version of the Stabat mater after the latter fell sick.[1] However, he also composed eight operas as well as sinfonias, sonatas, chamber music, and numerous pieces of religious music and art songs.
Born in Bologna, he studied privately with Matteo Rubini (singing) and Stanislao Mattei (composition) at the Liceo Musicale (now the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini) of his native city, before going to work at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris as a répétiteur and chorus master from 1811 to 1814. Following the occupation of Paris by the Russian and Austrian armies in 1814, he returned to Italy where over the next 15 years he wrote a series of operas and served as a conductor and chorus master for the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. He also became a member of Bologna's Accademia Filarmonica and maestro di cappella of St. Peter's Cathedral in the city.
In 1827, he married the soprano Eugenia Tadolini (née Savorani) who had been his student in Bologna. Tadolini returned to the Théâtre-Italien in 1829 with his wife, he as the director, and she as a singer in the company. The marriage ended in divorce in 1834.[2] Following the divorce, Tadolini remained in his post at the Théâtre-Italien until 1839 when he returned definitively to Bologna.[3]
Later in his life, he ran a singing school in Bologna, where he died in 1872.
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Sanvitale, Francesco, La romanza italiana da salotto, EDT srl, 2002. ISBN88-7063-615-1
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New York Times, Obituary: Giuseppe Tadolini, 6 January 1873, p. 5
giovanni, tadolini, october, 1789, november, 1872, italian, composer, conductor, singing, instructor, enjoyed, career, that, alternated, between, bologna, paris, tadolini, probably, best, known, completing, sections, rossini, 1833, version, stabat, mater, afte. Giovanni Tadolini 18 October 1789 29 November 1872 was an Italian composer conductor and singing instructor who enjoyed a career that alternated between Bologna and Paris Tadolini is probably best known for completing six sections of Rossini s 1833 version of the Stabat mater after the latter fell sick 1 However he also composed eight operas as well as sinfonias sonatas chamber music and numerous pieces of religious music and art songs Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Notes and references 4 Sources 5 External linksBiography EditBorn in Bologna he studied privately with Matteo Rubini singing and Stanislao Mattei composition at the Liceo Musicale now the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini of his native city before going to work at the Theatre Italien in Paris as a repetiteur and chorus master from 1811 to 1814 Following the occupation of Paris by the Russian and Austrian armies in 1814 he returned to Italy where over the next 15 years he wrote a series of operas and served as a conductor and chorus master for the Teatro Comunale di Bologna He also became a member of Bologna s Accademia Filarmonica and maestro di cappella of St Peter s Cathedral in the city In 1827 he married the soprano Eugenia Tadolini nee Savorani who had been his student in Bologna Tadolini returned to the Theatre Italien in 1829 with his wife he as the director and she as a singer in the company The marriage ended in divorce in 1834 2 Following the divorce Tadolini remained in his post at the Theatre Italien until 1839 when he returned definitively to Bologna 3 Later in his life he ran a singing school in Bologna where he died in 1872 Works EditOperasLe bestie in uomini Venice Teatro San Moise 1815 libretto by Angelo Anelli La fata Alcina Venice Teatro San Moise 1815 La principessa di Navarra ossia Il Gianni di Parigi Bologna Teatro Contavalli 1816 Il credulo deluso Rome Teatro Valle 1817 libretto by Cesare Sterbini Tamerlano Bologna 1818 libretto after Agostino Piovene Moctar gran visir di Adrianopoli Bologna Teatro Comunale 1824 libretto by Luigi Romanelli Mitridate Venice La Fenice 1827 libretto by Gaetano Rossi Almanzor Trieste Teatro Grande 1827 libretto by Felice Romani Art songsLa farfalla voice and piano text by Carlo Pepoli dedicated to Marie Lutyens La potenza d amore tenor voice piano and French horn text by Carlo Pepoli La fuga di Bianca Capello bass voice and piano text by Carlo Pepoli Se la vita vuoi godere tenor voice and pianoNotes and references Edit Rossini subsequently removed the Tadolini sections and recomposed four of them for the work s Paris premiere in 1842 See Osborne 2007 pp 327 329 Ashbrook 1983 p 641 Fetis 1865 p 173Sources EditAmbiveri Corrado Operisti minori dell 800 italiano Gremese Editore 1998 ISBN 88 7742 263 7 Ashbrook William Donizetti and His Operas Cambridge University Press 1983 ISBN 0 521 27663 2 Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense Taddolini Giovanni Catalogo nazionale dei manoscritti musicali redatti fino al 1900 Accessed 23 October 2009 in Italian Casaglia Gherardo 2005 Giovanni Tadolini L Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia in Italian Fetis Francois Joseph Tadolini Giovanni Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie generale de la musique Volume 8 Firmin Didot 1865 Forbes Elizabeth 1992 Tadolini Giovanni Grove Music Online 8th ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 27358 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 Hubbard W L Tadolini Giuseppe The American History And Encyclopedia of Music Musical Biographies Part II originally published in 1910 published in facsimile by Kessinger Publishing 2005 ISBN 1 4179 0713 4 Osborne Richard Rossini his life and works Oxford University Press US 2007 ISBN 0 19 518129 8 Sanvitale Francesco La romanza italiana da salotto EDT srl 2002 ISBN 88 7063 615 1External links EditNew York Times Obituary Giuseppe Tadolini 6 January 1873 p 5 Score of La farfalla at the IMSLP Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giovanni Tadolini amp oldid 1144729820, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
