Rossi, Giovanni (Gaetano)

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Rossi, Giovanni (Gaetano)

Rossi, Giovanni (Gaetano) , Italian composer; b. Borgo S. Donnino, Parma, Aug. 5, 1828; d. Genoa, March 30, 1886. He studied at the Milan Cons., and from 1852 was maestro concertatore at the Teatro Regio in Parma. He was also organist at the court chapel and deputy singing master at the Cons., becoming deputy composition master (1853), composition master and vice-director (1856), and director (1864) of the Cons. He then was director of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa (1874–86), and also of the Genoa Liceo Musicale (1874–86). Among his compositions were the operas Elena di Taranto (Parma, 1852), Giovanni Giscala (Parma, 1855), Nicolò de Lapi (Parma, 1865), and La Contessa d’Altenberg (Borgo S. Donnino, 1871); also an oratorio, Le sette parole, an overture, Saulo, a Requiem, 3 masses, etc.

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