Luigi Bottazzo
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Early years
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Bottazzo was born in Presina di Piazzola, Padua, Italy. At the age of nine he was permanently blinded in an accident. He received a musical education in counterpoint, organ and piano at Padua's Institute for the Blind, where at the age of nineteen he joined the staff.[1]
Career
In 1865, he was appointed organist of the church of Santa Croce, Padua.[1] In 1872 he was appointed the organist of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Throughout his life Bottazzo was a keen supporter of liturgical reform and a proponent of the Cecilian Movement in church music.[2]
In 1895, he joined the staff of Conservatorio di Musica di Padova as organ teacher and as a result published several pedagogical works,[2] and a history of sacred music in Italy.[1]
Bottazzo died in Padua on 29 December 1924.[2]