AMILCARE See also:

• AMILCARE PONCHIELLI (1834-1886)

PONCHIELLI (1834-1886)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian musical composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• CREMONA
• CREMONA, LUIGI (1830-1903)

Cremona on the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1834 . He studied at the See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan See also:

• CONSERVATOIRE (the Fr. equivalent of Ital. Conservatorio, Ger. Conservatorium, from Med. Lat. conservatorium, a place where anything is preserved, Lat. conservare, to preserve)

Conservatoire . His first dramatic See also:

• WORK

work, written in collaboration with two other composers, was Il Sindaco Babbeo (1851) . After completing his studies at Milan he returned to Cremona, where his See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera I Promessi sposi was produced in 1856 . This was followed by La Savojarda (1861, produced in a revised version as Lina in 1877), Roderigo, re dei Goti (1864), and La Stella del See also:

• MONTE

monte (1867) . , A revised version of I Promessi sposi, which was produced. at Milan in 1872, was his first. genuine success . After this came a See also:

• BALLET

ballet, Le Due Gemelle (1873), and an opera, I Lituani (1874, produced in a revised version as Alduna in 1884) . See also:

• PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE (1834-1886)

Ponchielli reached the See also:

• ZENITH (from the Arabic)

zenith of his fame with La Gioconda (1876), written to a libretto founded by Arrigo See also:

• BOITO, ARRIGO (1842– )

Boito upon See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo's tragedy, Angelo, Tyran de Padoue . La Gioconda was followed by II Figliuol prodigo (1880) and See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion See also:

• DELORME, MARION (c. 1613-165o)

Delorme (1885) . Among his less important See also:

• WORKS

works are Il Parlatore eterno, a musical See also:

• FARCE

farce (1873), and a ballet, See also:

• CLARINA

Clarina (1893) . In 1881 Ponchielli was made See also:

• MAESTRO

maestro di cappella of See also:

• PIACENZA (Lat. Placentia)

Piacenza See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral . His See also:

• MUSIC

music shows the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• VERDI, GIUSEPPE FORTUNINO FRANCESCO (1813-1901)

Verdi, but at its best it has a distinct value of its own, and an inexhaustible flow of typically Italian See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody .

His fondness for fanciful figures in his accompaniments has been slavishly imitated by See also:

• MASCAGNI, PIETRO (1863– )

Mascagni, See also:

• LEONCAVALLO, RUGGIERO (1858– )

Leoncavallo, and many of their contemporaries . Ponchielli died at Milan on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1886 .