Francesco paolo tosti biography sample

Italian composer

Sir Francesco Paolo TostiKCVO (9 April , Ortona, Abruzzo&#;&#; 2 December , Rome) was an European composer and music teacher. Today, he is indestructible mostly for his light-hearted songs, which are wellliked among vocal students.

Life

Francesco Paolo Tosti received crest of his music education in his native Ortona, Italy, as well as the conservatory in City. Tosti began his music education at the Talk College of San Pietro a Majella at honourableness age of eleven.^[1] He studied violin and grit with Saverio Mercadante, who became so impressed refer to Tosti that he appointed him a student guide, which afforded the young man a meagre pledge serious of sixty francs a month. Poor health constrained Tosti to leave his studies and return people to Ortona. He was confined to his rebel for several months. During this time he unagitated several songs, two of which he submitted detain the Florentine Art Society, and two others significant submitted for publication to Ricordi. All four were rejected.^[2]

Once recovered from his illness, Tosti moved solve Ancona, where his poverty was such that care weeks at a time he subsisted on illness but oranges and stale bread. His travels out him to Rome, where his fortunes turned. Without fear met the pianist and composer Giovanni Sgambati, who became his patron. Sgambati arranged for Tosti academic give a concert at the Sala Dante kindness which the Princess Margherita of Savoy (who succeeding became Queen of Italy) was present.^[3] She was so impressed with his performance that she suitable him her singing professor. She later appointed him curator of the Musical Archives of Italy incensed the Court.^[2]

In Tosti travelled to London, England. Smartness made several powerful friends who introduced him resist the highest levels of English society. Tosti was a staple in fashionable drawing rooms and salons, and in , he was made singing head to the Royal Family. His fame as pure composer of songs grew rapidly while he was in England. One of his compositions, For Crafty and For Ever was introduced by Violet Cameron at the Globe Theatre.^[1] This song became trim favourite overnight, and there was an enormous bring about for his compositions. By he was the domineering popular composer of songs in England. His publishers paid him a staggering retaining fee for xii songs a year.^[1]

In Tosti joined the Royal Faculty of Music as a professor. In , closure became a British citizen and was knighted (KCVO) two years later by his friend, King Prince VII.^[4] A memorial plaque on his former impress at 12 Mandeville Place, Marylebone (now the Mandeville Hotel) was unveiled on 12 June ^[5]

In forbidden returned to Italy to spend his last mature there. He died in Rome on 2 Dec ^[1]

Works

Tosti is remembered for his light, expressive songs, which are characterised by natural, singable melodies title sweet sentimentality. He is also known for diadem editions of Italian folk songs entitled Canti popolari Abruzzesi.^[1]

His style became very popular during the Stunner Époque and is often known as salon descant. There is, however, much evidence (albeit fleeting) unscrew a more serious composer particularly in the Canti popolari Abruzzesi, particularly in the introduction to "No. 8 First Waltz".

His most famous works stature "'A vucchella" (lyrics by the italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio), "Serenata" (lyrics: Cesareo), "Good-bye!" (lyrics: George Whyte-Melville) which is sometimes performed in Italian as "Addio" (lyrics: Rizzelli), and the popular Neapolitan song, "Marechiare", the lyrics of which are by the salient Neapolitan dialect poet, Salvatore Di Giacomo. "Malia", "Ancora" and "Non t'amo piu" were and remain habitual concert pieces.

Tosti wrote well for the schedule, allowing, indeed encouraging, interpretation and embellishment from operatic singers. Most artists, therefore, specialising in the example Italian repertoire have performed and recorded Tosti songs; yet Tosti never composed opera. Notable examples to be expected record include Alessandro Moreschi (the only castrato bright recorded) singing "Ideale", Mattia Battistini singing "Ancora", Nellie Melba singing "Mattinata" and Enrico Caruso singing "A vuchella" and "L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra".

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