Matteo Fischetti

Matteo Fischetti
Matteo Fischetti
Born	Matteo Luigi Fischetti; 28 February 1830; Martina Franca, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	December 1887; Naples, Italy
Occupations	pianist; composer;

Matteo Fischetti (28 February 1830 – December 1887) was an Italian pianist and composer active in Naples.

Life and career

Born in Martina Franca, Fischetti studied piano from the age of six in his native city. He was then sent to Naples to study piano under Michele Cerimele and composition under a number of teachers including Giovanni Moretti and Giuseppe Lillo. He composed over 200 pieces of instrumental and vocal music as well as three operas, all of which premiered in Naples.^[1]

When the composer Vincenzo Fioravanti fell on hard times, a group of his friends produced the Album Fioravanti in 1864 at their own cost to be sold for his benefit. Compiled by Fischetti, it contained a biography of Fioravanti and facsimile reproductions of the autograph scores for three of his unpublished arias as well as pieces donated by Fischetti and his fellow composer Nicola De Giosa.^[2]

Fischetti's most popular opera was Aida di Scafati (Aida of

Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella. In his later years Fischetti also taught piano and composition. He died in Naples at the age of 57.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Operas

Aida di Scafati (comic opera in a prologue and three acts); libretto by Enrico Campanelli; premiered Teatro Fenice, Naples, 11 June 1873 [5]
La sorrentina (comic opera in three acts); libretto by Ernesto La Pegna; premiered Teatro Fenice, Naples, 6 September 1873^[5]
Un'altra figlia di Madama Angot (comic opera in three acts); libretto by Enrico Campanelli; premiered Teatro Mercadante, Naples, 17 May 1874^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Champlin, John Denison and Apthorp, William Foster (eds.) (1889). "Fischetti, Matteo Luigi". Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, Vol. II, pp. 72–73. C. Scribner's Sons
^ Braga, A. (1970), "Un musicista dimenticato della Napoli ottocentesca: Vincenzo Fioravanti". Archivio Storico per le province napoletane pp. 363–370.
^ Masutto, Giovanni (1884). "Fischetti, Matteo Luigi". I maestri di musica italiani del secolo XIX, 3rd edition, p. 74. Cecchini (in Italian)
^ Il Giornale della Musica (9 October 2014). "Aida è Napoletana". Retrieved 26 June 2017 (in Italian).
^ ^a ^b ^c Caputo, M. C. (1875). Annuario generale della musica, p. 89. Salvatore de Angelis (in Italian)

External links

Scores by Fischetti at the International Music Score Library Project

[CMM-1] Champlin, John Denison and Apthorp, William Foster (eds.) (1889). "Fischetti, Matteo Luigi". Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, Vol. II, pp. 72–73. C. Scribner's Sons

[2] Braga, A. (1970), "Un musicista dimenticato della Napoli ottocentesca: Vincenzo Fioravanti". Archivio Storico per le province napoletane pp. 363–370.

[3] Masutto, Giovanni (1884). "Fischetti, Matteo Luigi". I maestri di musica italiani del secolo XIX, 3rd edition, p. 74. Cecchini (in Italian)

[4] Il Giornale della Musica (9 October 2014). "Aida è Napoletana". Retrieved 26 June 2017 (in Italian).

[AGdM-5] Caputo, M. C. (1875). Annuario generale della musica, p. 89. Salvatore de Angelis (in Italian)

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