Barbara Giuranna
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| Born | Elena Barbara 18 November 1899 Palermo, Italy |
| Died | 30 July 1998 (aged 98) |
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Elena Barbara Giuranna (18 November 1899 – 30 July 1998) was an Italian pianist and composer.
Life
Barbara Giuranna was born in
Naples Conservatory with Camillo De Nardis and Antonio Savasta.[1] She continued her education in composition at the Milan Conservatory with Giorgio Federico Ghedini.[2]
After completing her studies, Giuranna taught at the
Rome Conservatory from 1937 to 1970 and worked as an editor of 18th-century music. She was a music consultant to RAI in Rome from 1948 to 1956, and she was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in 1982. She died in Rome.[3][2]
Works
Giuranna composed works for stage, orchestra, chamber ensemble, chorus, violin, and piano. Giuranna also published arrangements of 18th-century music including
Vivaldi, and Cimarosa
. Selected works include:
Theatrical works
- La trappola d’oro (ballet), 1929
- Jamanto (op, 3, Giuranna), opera 1941
- Mayerling (op, 3, V. Viviani), Naples, S Carlo, 1960
- Hosanna (op, 1, C. Pinelli), Palermo, Massimo, 1978 Choral: 3 cori, male chorus, 1940
Other works
- 3 canti alla Vergine, Soprano voice, female chorus, small orchestra, 1949
- Missa sinite parvulos, children's chorus, harp, organ, 1992
- Notturno, 1923
- Apina rapita dai nani della montagna, (tr. "Apina kidnapped by the mountain dwarves") suite after A. France, small orchestra, 1924
- Marionette, 1927
- X legio (Tenth Legion), Poema eroico per grande orchestra/Heroic Poem for Large orchestra, 1936
- Toccata for orchestra, 1937
- Patria 1938
- Concerto for orchestra no.1, 1942
- Episodi, wind, brass, timpani, piano, 1942
- Concerto for orchestra no.2, 1965
- Musica per Olivia, for small orchestra, 1970
- Adagio e Allegro da concerto, 9 instruments, 1935
- Sonatina, piano, 1935
- Toccata, piano, 1937
- Sonatina, harp, 1941
- Solo per viola', 1982
References
- ^ "Giuranna Barbara". siusa.archivi.beniculturali.it. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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- ^ Trudu, Antonio. "Giuranna, Elena Barbara". www.intreccifemminili.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
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