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Franco Alfano
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Franco Alfano was an Italian pianist, composer, music educator, and writer. He was educated at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig and spoke Italian. His notable works include the opera *Cyrano de Bergerac*, as well as *Il principe Zilah*, *Résurrection*, *Risurrezione*, and *Madonna Imperia*. He composed in the genres of opera and symphony.
Alfano was a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. He died in Sanremo on October 27, 1954. He was born in 1876 and held citizenship in Italy and the Kingdom of Italy.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1876
- Died
- 1954
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Il principe Zilah
- Résurrection
- Risurrezione
- Madonna Imperia
- Résurrection
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Italy
- Active from
- 1875
- Active to
- 1954
Discography
- Cyrano De Bergerac2002
- Symphonies 1 & 22005
- Cello Sonata / Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano2009
- Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet2011
- Piano Works2017
- Quatre Pièces, op. 2 / Quatre Pièces, op. 11 / Cinq Pièces lyriques, op. 14 / Quatre Pièces lyriques, op. 16 / Trois Pièces lyriques, op. 24 / Amour... amour... (valse) / Petite Mazurka2021
- Risurrezione2021
- Complete String Quartets2023
- Songs2023
- Suite romantica / Una danza2024
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,109
- Total plays
- 5,382
Tags
Franco Alfano (March 8, 1875 – October 27, 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist best known for completing Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot in 1926. He was born in Posillipo, near Naples. Until recent times, musical histories usually gave the year of Alfano's birth, incorrectly, as 1876. He attended piano privately under Alessandro Longo (1864-1946), and harmony and composition respectively under Camillo de Nardis (1857-1951) and aulo Serrao (1830-1907) at the conservatory San Pietro a M
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1875-03-08 ) 8 March 1875, Posillipo , Campania, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 27 October 1954 (1954-10-27) (aged 79), Sanremo , Liguria, Italy
- Occupations
- Composer pianist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Franco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Posillipo
- Place of death
- Sanremo
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Notable work
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Genre
- symphony
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- francoalfano.altervista.org
- Image
- Franco Alfano (before 1954) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO001885.jpg
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- Franco Alfano
- date of birth
- 1876-03-08
- date of death
- 1954-10-27
- name in native language
- Franco Alfano
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Encyclopedic overview
Franco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his operas Risurrezione (1904), Sakùntala (1921), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1936), and for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926. He had considerable success with several of his own works during his lifetime.
Early life and training
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