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Antonio Buzzolla
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1815
- Died
- 1871
- Works
- 11
Top works
- In memoria di Gaetano Donizetti
- Album di Solferino e San Martino
- (Amleto
- Elizabetta di Valois
- Amleto
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 374
- Total plays
- 853
Tags
operaClassicalVocal Music
Antonio Buzzolla (March 2, 1815 – March 20, 1871) was an Italian composer and conductor. A native of Adria, he studied in Venice, and later worked with Gaetano Donizetti and Saverio Mercadante. He composed five operas, but was better known in his lifetime for ariettas and canzonettas in the Venetian dialect. Beginning in 1855 he served as the maestro di cappella of St Mark's Basilica in Venice. Buzzolla was one of the composers invited by Giuseppe Verdi to contribute to the Messa per Rossini; he
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Adria
- Place of death
- Venice
- Occupation
- choir director
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- liturgical music
- Image
- Antonio Buzzolla.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1815-03-04
- date of death
- 1871-03-20
- described by source
- Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
- place of burial
- Cemetery of San Michele
- Commons category
- Antonio Buzzolla
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