Emilio Cianchi (21/03/1833 - 24/12/1890), an Italian composer, born and died in Florence. Dramatic composer, pupil of Iguazio Colson and
Ermanno Picchi. He became known, when only twenty-one years old, by the performance of his oratorio, Giuditta, 1854. Works:
Operas : Salvator Rosa, Florence, Teatro Pagliano, 185-5 ; II saltimbanco, ib., 1856 ; La vendetta, ib., 1857 ; Leone Isauro, Turin, Teatro Regio, 1862. His Requiem Mass, performed in Santa Croce, Florence, on the anniversary of the death of King
Charles Albert, and of the martyrs of Italian independence (1873), added to his renown. He was secretary of the Royal Musical Institute and the Musical Academy at Florence.
Requiem
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Composed in: | 1873 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
| In memory of: | King Charles Albert, and of the martyrs of Italian independence |
Requiem Mass, performed in Santa Croce, Florence, on the anniversary of the death of King Charles Albert, and of the martyrs of Italian independence (1873), added to his renown. King Charles Albert (Italian: Carlo Alberto Amedeo di Savoia) (02/10/1798 – 28/07/1849) was the King of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He succeeded his distant cousin Charles Felix, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First War of Independence (1848–49). He abdicated after his forces were defeated by the Austrian army at the Battle of Novara (1849), and died in exile soon thereafter.
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King Charles Albert
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Messa per Defunti
| Period: | Romanticism |
| Composed in: | 1886 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Messa per Defunti for 3 voices and Orchestra. Firenze, 1886)
| Source: | http://www.urfm.braidense.it/cataloghi/msselenco.php |
