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PONCHIELLI, AMILCARE (1834-1886) , Italian musical composer, was born near Cremona on the 1st of September 1834. He studied at the Milan Conservatoire. His first dramatic work
Milan he returned to Cremona, where his 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 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 ballet, Le Due Gemelle (1873), and an opera, I Lituani (1874, produced in a revised version as Alduna in 1884). Ponchielli
Victor Hugo's tragedy, Angelo, Tyran de Padoue. La Gioconda was followed by II Figliuol prodigo (1880) and Marion Delorme (1885). Among his lessimportant works are Il Parlatore eterno, a musical farce (1873), and a ballet, Clarina
Ponchielli
Cathedral
influence of Verdi, but at its best it has a distinct value of its own, and an inexhaustible flow of typically Italian melody. His fondness for fanciful figures in his accompaniments has been slavishly imitated by Mascagni, Leoncavallo
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