Giuseppe Concone

Giuseppe Concone (1801 Turin - 1861 Turin) was an Italian vocal teacher.

Biography

For about ten years Concone resided in Paris as a teacher. Returning to Turin in 1848, he was at the time of his death organist and choirmaster of the Court choir.[1]

Work

He is widely known for his vocal exercises—solfeggi and vocalizzi—which are unusually attractive for works of their kind, and at the same time excellent for their special purpose.[1] Thomaidis and MacPherson describe them as 'lively' works in the Italian tradition of the time.[2]

While in Paris he wrote three 'oratorios', Smither: "these are quite brief, include no orchestra but only piano accompaniment, and were evidently intended for performance in a private soiree rather than a theatre. No performance of any of the three is known."[3]

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References

  1. 1 2  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Concone, Giuseppe". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  2. ↑ Thomaidis, Konstantinos; Macpherson, Ben (2015). Voice Studies: Critical Approaches to Process, Performance and Experience. p. 35. ISBN 9781317611028. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Smither, Howard (2000). A History of the Oratorio, Vol. 4 The Oratorio in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 519. ISBN 9780807837788. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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