Lucia Contini Anselmi was an Italian

Italy

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 pianist and 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...

. She was born in Vercelli

Vercelli

Vercelli is a city and comune of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC.The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river...

 and studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati was an Italian composer.Born to an Italian father and an English mother, Sgambati, who lost his father early, received his early education at Trevi, in Umbria, where he wrote some church music and obtained experience as a singer and conductor...

 and composition with Alexander Parisotti at the Conservatory in Rome

Rome

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. After completing her studies, she toured as a concert pianist. She received a gold medal for Ludentia at the International Competition for Composers at Perugia

Perugia

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in 1913.

Works

Anselmi's works include compositions for orchestra, solo piano, violin and cello. Selected works include:

• Prelude
• Gavotte
• Minuet
• Sonata for Piano in C minor
• Sibylla Cumaea
• Ludentia
• Inno guerresco