Fortunato Magi (1839-1882)
- Sinfonia a piena orchestra e banda
Performers: Teatro del Giglio di Lucca Symphony Orchestra; Giuliano Carella (conductor)
Further info: Fortunato Magi (1839-1882) - Ecce Lux Nova
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Italian composer, uncle and teacher of the famous composer Giacomo
Puccini. In 1849 he enrolled at the music school in Lucca where he
studied singing, organ, piano and violin lessons as well as composition
and counterpoint. In 1852 he became a pupil of Michele Puccini and in
1857 he graduated in composition. That year he was appointed as teacher
of harmony and organ as well as organist in different music schools in
Lucca. In 1863 he became an honorary member of the Società del quartetto
di Lucca. When Michele Puccini died in 1864, he replaced him as
professor of composition and counterpoint as well as chapel master and
organist at the Cathedral of Lucca. His musical role in the city became
then very prominent and was often awarded. He was also appointed as
teacher of the prestigious Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome. In 1875 he
was addmited as a member of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy and in 1877
he took over a professor position at the Liceo Musicale Benedetto
Marcello in Venice in a post he held the rest of his life. As a
composer, he mainly wrote sacred music among them several masses,
vespers, hymns and motets most of them with double choir and large
orchestra. He also left several symphonies and chamber works.
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