Francesco Paolo Frontini
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Francesco Paolo Frontini (Catania, August 6, 1860 – Catania, July 26, 1939) was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13. At 15 his first composition, a Qui tollis, was played at the city cathedral, under the direction of Pietro Antonio Coppola. In 1875 Frontini matriculated at the Palermo Conservatory, where he studied with Pietro Platania; from there he passed to the conservatory in Naples, where he received his diploma in composition under the tuition of Lauro Rossi.
Among his first substantial compositions was a funeral
One of Frontini's chief interests was popular music and song, and he compiled the first collection of
Frontini died in the city of his birth in 1939.[1]
References
- ^ Paola Rosa (1998). "Frontini, Francesco Paolo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 50. Treccani.
External links
- Works by or about Francesco Paolo Frontini at Internet Archive
- Free scores by Francesco Paolo Frontini at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- https://www.frontini.de/francesco-paolo-frontini Piano music
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