Ettore Campogalliani
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Ettore Campogalliani was an Italian
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 composer, musician and teacher.

Campogalliani studied piano in 1921, graduating from the Conservatory of Bologna
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. He then studied composition at the Conservatory of Parma
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 in 1933. Finally he studied singing at the Conservatory of Piacenza
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 in 1940.

After a short period of activity as a composer (including writing music for the 1942 film Musica proibita directed by Carlo Campogalliani), and as a pianist, he dedicated himself to teaching. He taught piano at the Liceo Musicale of Piacenza
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 and singing at the conservatories of Parma and Milan
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. He then went on to coach vocal technique and interpretation at the opera school of La Scala
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 in Milan.

Campogalliani was the voice teacher of Renata Tebaldi
Renata Tebaldi
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, Renata Scotto
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, Mirella Freni
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, Ferruccio Furlanetto
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, Ruggero Raimondi
Ruggero Raimondi
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, Luciano Pavarotti
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, Antonio Carangelo
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 and Giuliano Bernardi
Giuliano Bernardi
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.

In 1946, to honour his father Francesco, Ettore Campogalliani founded the Accademia Teatrale Francesco Campogalliani, a theatre and drama academy.

Selected compositions

  • Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1932)
  • Sarabanda and Minuetto for piano Op. l (1934)
  • Sonata in e Minor for Violin e Piano
  • 'L'arrivo' (1935) for voice and piano to a text by Amadeo Pinelli
  • 'Castello in aria' (1936) for voice and piano to a text by Sergio Corazzini
  • 'Piangete occhi' (1935) for voice and piano to a text by Angelo Poliziano

Books

  • Campogalliani, Ettore, Dal libro di ieri: Storie di voci sacre e pensieri profani, Bongiovanni, 1982
  • Cadonici, Paola and Campogalliani, Ettore, Il linguaggio della voce: Voce, parola, musica, CRO, 1987

Sources

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