Alfredo Catalani |

Alfredo Catalani

Mawaƙin Italiyanci. Ya yi karatun kiɗa tun yana ƙuruciya tare da mahaifinsa Eugenio Catalani da kawu Pelice Catalani (masu pianists da mawaƙa). Sannan ya yi karatu a Cibiyar Waka da ke Lucca karkashin jagorancin F. Maggi da C. Angeloni (harmony and counterpoint). A cikin 1872, an yi taron murya huɗu na Catalani a cikin Cathedral na Lucca. A 1873 ya yi karatu a Paris Conservatoire tare da AF Marmontel (piano) da F. Bazin (counterpoint). A lokacin rani na wannan shekarar ya koma Italiya kuma ya shiga Milan Conservatory, inda ya yi karatu tare da A. Bazzini (composition).

A cikin 1875, an shirya shi "Eastern eclogue" - "Sickle" ("La falce") a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Conservatory, wanda ya sami kyauta ta musamman. Ya rubuta operas: Elda (1880, Turin), Dejanice (1883, Milan), Edmea (1886, ibid.). Daga 1886 ya koyar da abun da ke ciki a Milan Conservatory.

Catalani yana daya daga cikin manyan mawakan opera na Italiya na rabin na biyu na karni na XNUMX. Wasu daga cikin dabi'un Wagnerism da opera na Faransanci sun kasance cikin ƙirƙira a cikin ayyukan mataki na Catalani. An ba da wuri na musamman a cikin wasan operas ɗinsa zuwa farkon wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin magana mai ban mamaki.

Wasan operas nasa Lorelei (sabon bugu na opera Elda, 1890, Turin), La Wally (1892, Milan) suna kusa da na'urorin.

Sauran abubuwan da aka tsara sun hada da kade-kade na "Dare" ("La notte", 1874), "Morning" ("Il mattino", 1874), "Meditation" ("Contemplazione", 1878), Scherzo for Orchestra (1878), waka mai ma'ana " Gero and Leander (1885), guntun piano, waƙoƙin murya.

S. Grishchenko