Pietro Mascagni
Also known as Mascagni
Italian composer known for operas (1863–1945)
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Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer who lived from 1863 to 1945 and became famous for writing operas. His works are considered important contributions to Italian opera, a major form of musical and theatrical art.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Cavalleria Rusticana Opera in One Act
- Intermezzo
- Opera Manga!
- Si...
- William Ratcliff
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- 1,428,284
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Pietro Mascagni, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Ruggero Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, L'amico Fritz and Iris have remained in the repertoire in Europe (especially Italy) since their premieres.
Mascagni wrote fifteen operas, an operetta, several orchestral and vocal works, and also songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor of his own and other people's music and created a variety of styles in his operas.
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1863 births1945 deaths19th-century Italian classical composers19th-century Italian male composers20th-century Italian classical composers20th-century Italian composers20th-century Italian male composersCommanders of the Order of the White LionCommons link from WikidataComposers with IMSLP linksGrand Officers of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
![Voi lo sapete: Cavalleria rusticana/[Pietro Mascagni]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007434%2Ffon_snp_a_007434_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![L 'amico Fritz: Non mi resta che il pianto; [act 3]/Mascagni](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F009052%2Ffon_snp_a_009052_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Ave Maria: (Sacred air)/[Pietro Mascagni]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007434%2Ffon_snp_a_007434_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![The Rantzau? : [Was it as really as it is written here, duet...]/Music: Pietro Mascagni](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F008985%2Ffon_snp_a_008985_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)