Luigi Denza

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Italy

Active from

1846-02-24

Active to

1922-01-26

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Listeners

36,688

Total plays

117,684

Luigi Denza (February 24, 1846 - January 26, 1922), was an Italian composer. Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples. He studied music under Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. Later, he moved to London and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898. Denza wrote an opera, Wallenstein, and hundreds of songs. The most popular of these was a collaboration with Peppino Turco, the Neapolitan song Funiculì, Funiculà, about the Vesuvi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Luigi

Gender

male

Citizenship

Kingdom of Italy

Place of birth

Castellammare di Stabia

Place of death

London

Occupation

singer

Employer

Royal Academy of Music

Languages spoken

Italian

Notable work

Funiculì, Funiculà

Genre

opera

Instrument

voice

Image

Luigi Denza (before 1922) - Archivio storico Ricordi FOTO001319.jpg

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