Giovanni Lucantoni

Italian composer

Giovanni Lucantoni (Rieti, 18 January 1825 – Paris, 30 May 1902) was an Italian composer active as a music teacher in Paris.^[1] He had an opera performed in Milan at the age of 25, but later and in Paris turned to composing salon songs.

Works, editions and recordings

Opera

Elisa, opera, premiere 20 June 1850, Milan

Songs

Una Sera di carnevale : album per canto e danza - Éditions Tito di Gio. Ricordi - Milan 1853
Album di danza per pianoforte - Éditions Tito di G. Ricordi - Milan 1856 -
Piano reduction of Donizetti's Poliuto Press F. Lucca - Milan
Une nuit à Venise, duettino sur une poésie de Jules Barbier pour mezzo-soprano ou contralto et baryton- Éditions Choudens fils - Paris
La Primavera, pour piano et chant soprano, tenor et basse. Éditions Choudens Père et fils. Paris c.1900?

References

^ The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music: Volume 1 William H. Rehrig, Paul E. Bierley, Robert Hoe - 1991 "LUCANTONI, GIOVANNI (1825–1902) Giovanni Lucantoni was born on January 18, 1825, in Rieti, Italy. He received his first music training from his parents, ..."