Gaetano Emanuel Calì
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Gaetano Emanuel Calì was an Italian
composer
, orchestra conductor, and bandleader. He was student of Francesco Paolo Frontini
, under whom he began to study classical instead of popular music
.
Calì composed his most popular piece in Malta
in 1910, when he found himself on the island for professional reasons. A mattinata titled "E vui durmiti ancora", it started him on a career of composing similar songs. This included works such as "Sicilia Bedda", meant to reflect the character of the island of Sicily
.
Calì divided his artistic activities between classical and popular music; among his works in the former category were symphonic poem
s, chamber music
, liturgical pieces, and patriotic hymns. He also founded a folkloric group, the Canterini etnei, in 1929, with which he had a good deal of success.
Calì died in Syracuse in 1936.
Italy
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, orchestra conductor, and bandleader. He was student of Francesco Paolo Frontini
Francesco Paolo Frontini
Francesco Paolo Frontini was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13...
, under whom he began to study classical instead of popular music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
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Calì composed his most popular piece in Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
in 1910, when he found himself on the island for professional reasons. A mattinata titled "E vui durmiti ancora", it started him on a career of composing similar songs. This included works such as "Sicilia Bedda", meant to reflect the character of the island of Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
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Calì divided his artistic activities between classical and popular music; among his works in the former category were symphonic poem
Symphonic poem
A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein...
s, chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
, liturgical pieces, and patriotic hymns. He also founded a folkloric group, the Canterini etnei, in 1929, with which he had a good deal of success.
Calì died in Syracuse in 1936.