Antonio Buzzolla
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- 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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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
Key dates
- Born
- 4 March 1815
- Died
- 20 March 1871
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Trieste
- Place of death
- Venice
- Occupation
- music director
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- liturgical music
- Image
- Antonio Buzzolla.jpg
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1815 births1871 deaths19th-century Italian classical composers19th-century Italian conductors (music)19th-century Italian male composersBurials at Isola di San MicheleCappella Marciana composersCappella Marciana maestriComposers for pianoComposers from the Austrian EmpireComposers with IMSLP linksCulture in Venice