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Pietro Mascagni

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Mascagni, Pietro 

Born Dec. 7, 1863, in Leghorn; died Aug. 2, 1945, in Rome. Italian composer.

Mascagni studied at the Milan Conservatory under A. Ponchielli and M. Saladino. In 1885 he began conducting at opera and operetta theaters. From 1895 to 1902 he was the director of the Pesaro Conservatory. Mascagni gained worldwide fame with his opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry, 1890, Costanzi Theater, Rome), which was based on a play by G. Verga. This work and Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci initiated a new direction in opera—the Italian school of verismo, or realism. Mascagni wrote the operas Iris (1898, Rome), Parisina (1913, Milan), and II piccolo Marat (1921, Rome). He also composed operettas, orchestral works, and music for films.

REFERENCES

Pompei, E. P. Mascagni nella vita e nell’arte. Rome, 1912.
Cellamare, D. Mascagni … Rome, 1941.
Anselmi, A. Pietro Mascagni. Milan, 1959.

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PIETRO MASCAGNI Here's a rarity, one of Mascagni's 17 works for the stage and one of the many that languish unperformed these days.
Zanetto by Gooding, Wayne / Opera Canada
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni Used to shocking effect at the beginning of Raging Bull, and to considerably less effect at the end of The Godfather: Part III, this is the only piece of music Mascagni is remembered for.
Hey, there's an orchestra up here! by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Dwi eisoes wedi dweud, ar goedd, mai fy hoff ddarn clasurol ydi'r 'Intermezzo' o Cavalleria Rusticana, yr Opera Un Act, gan Pietro Mascagni, ond fedraf i yn fy myw ac egluro pam, dim ond dweud fod pob nodyn yn treiddio i gorneli fy nghyfansoddiad ac weithiau yn fy symud i ddagrau.
GYDA MICI PLWM by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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