Michele Puccini (1813-1864)
- Magnificat (1850)
Performers: Maurizio Frusoni (tenore); Enrico Nenci (tenore); Maurizio
Di Benedetto (basso); Orchestra Lirico Sinfonica del Teatro del Giglio
di Lucca; Cappella musicale S.Cecilia della Cattedrale di Lucca;
Gianfranco Cosmi (direttore)
Further info: Michele Puccini (1813-1864) - Messe
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Teacher and composer, son of Domenico Puccini (1772-1815). He began a
strict musical education in Lucca under his grandfather Antonio and
Marco Santucci and then continued in Bologna under Pilotti (in 1836 he
was admitted to the Accademia Filarmonica) and at the Naples
conservatory. On his return to Lucca he became a teacher at the Istituto
Musicale Pacini, where he was director from 1862. For many years he was
also organist at S Martino (a post he took over directly from his
grandfather) and a piano teacher at the Istituto femminile di S
Ponziano. Michele Puccini was most important as a teacher, having among
his pupils Fortunato Magi, Luigi Nerici and Carlo Angeloni. A surviving
treatise on counterpoint is evidence of his teaching activity, while a
harmony treatise has been lost. He also carried out the first research
into the history of music in Lucca, leaving manuscript notes and some
published articles; he transmitted his interest in this subject to
Nerici. After a few unsuccessful attempts at opera, Michele
distinguished himself chiefly as a composer of sacred music,
particularly of the massively-scored works for the traditional S Croce
celebrations. A mottettone of 1845 is especially outstanding. Besides
the celebrated Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Michele Puccini had another
musician son, Domenico Michele (1864-1891), who studied at the Milan
Conservatory and emigrated in October 1889. He lived at Buenos Aires,
Juiuy (as a teacher) and Rio de Janeiro, and is known to have composed.
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