Alfonso Rendano
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Alfonso Rendano was an Italian
pianist and composer. He is mostly renowned for inventing the "third pedal", which augmented the interpretative resources of the piano.
Rendano was born in Cosenza
. He was particularly precocious and at the age of ten he was admitted to the Naples
Conservatoire, where he was noticed by Sigismund Thalberg who sent him to Paris, recommending him to Rossini.
In 1866 he studied under Georges Mathias
, Chopin's pupil. For about fifteen years, he carried out an intense musical activity; he then devoted himself to teaching: first at the Naples
Conservatoire, then in Rome.
Rendano wrote the opera Consuelo, successfully staged in Turin
and in Germany
. He held his last concert at Rome's Teatro Valle in 1925. He died in Rome in 1931.
The main theatre of Cosenza
is named after him.
Italy
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pianist and composer. He is mostly renowned for inventing the "third pedal", which augmented the interpretative resources of the piano.
Rendano was born in Cosenza
Cosenza
Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants...
. He was particularly precocious and at the age of ten he was admitted to the Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
Conservatoire, where he was noticed by Sigismund Thalberg who sent him to Paris, recommending him to Rossini.
In 1866 he studied under Georges Mathias
Georges Mathias
Georges Amédée Saint-Clair Mathias was a French composer, pianist and teacher.Mathias was born in Paris. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with François Bazin, Auguste Barbereau, Augustin Savard and Fromental Halévy, composition with Friedrich Kalkbrenner and piano with Frédéric Chopin. He was...
, Chopin's pupil. For about fifteen years, he carried out an intense musical activity; he then devoted himself to teaching: first at the Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
Conservatoire, then in Rome.
Rendano wrote the opera Consuelo, successfully staged in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He held his last concert at Rome's Teatro Valle in 1925. He died in Rome in 1931.
The main theatre of Cosenza
Cosenza
Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants...
is named after him.