Lucia Contini Anselmi
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Lucia Contini Anselmi (15 October 1876 – after 1913) was an Italian pianist and composer.
She was born on 15 October 1876 in Vercelli, Piedmont.[1] was an Italian pianist and composer. She studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati and composition with Alessandro Parisotti at the Conservatory in Rome.[1] After completing her studies, she toured as a concert pianist in Italy and overseas. She received a gold medal for her piano work Ludentia at the International Competition for Composers at Perugia in 1913.[2][1] Contini Anselmi's fame allowed her a personal reception by Queen Margherita of Italy.[3]
Contini Anselmi composed more than thirty works, mostly for piano but also eight for orchestra, three for violin and piano. She also composed a ballet, Driadi e satiri (Dryads and Satyrs), and an operetta, La Sponda Magica (The Magic Shore), a fairy opera in three acts.[3] She published a treatise in 1908 Della tecnica per l’esecuzione della musica sul pianoforte e sua interpretazione (On the technique of performing music on the piano and its interpretation).[4]
Her death date is unknown, although it is generally agree that she died after 1913.[1][3] Some of her works were performed at the University of Melbourne in 2020.[4]
Works
Anselmi's works include compositions for orchestra, solo piano, violin and cello. Selected works include:
- Prelude
- Gavotte
- Minuet
- Sonata for Piano in C minor
- Sibylla Cumaea
- Ludentia
- Inno guerresco
References
- 1 2 3 4 Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 127. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ↑ Perruccio, Francesca Sica. "Anselmi, Lucia Contini". Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). South Africa: Books & Music (USA). p. 162. ISBN 0-9617485-0-8.
- 1 2 Nelson, Quilby (2022). Performing the undiscovered solo piano works of Italian composer Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876-1913) (Master's thesis thesis). University of Melbourne.
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