Celestino Piaggio

Celestino Piaggio (born 20 December 1886 in Concordia, † 26 October 1931 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine composer, conductor and pianist.

Piaggio came from a family of musicians. In addition to his father Victor ( io ) Piaggio, a conductor, his siblings Leonidas, Amelia, Leonor and Elsa Piaggio became known as a musician and music teacher. He had his first piano and violin lessons from his father before he studied from 1900 at the Conservatory of Buenos Aires with Alberto Williams (composition), Julián Aguirre (piano), Andrés Gao (violin) and Carlos Marchal.

He taught here from 1904 to 1908 even piano and received in this subject in 1905 a gold medal in 1906 and the Premio Ortiz y Cusso. Winning the Gran Premio Europa 1908 enabled him to study at the Paris Schola Cantorum at Léon Saint- Requier (harmony ), Albert Groz ( counterpoint), Vincent d' Indy (composition), Abel Decaux ( organ) and Amédée Gastoué ( Gregorian Chant ). He also took private piano lessons with Ricardo Viñes.

In the summer of 1914 he traveled to Romania, where held him to the outbreak of the First World War until 1919. He was at this time in Bucharest as a pianist at the royal court and juror of the Conservatory and founded in 1918 the journal Revista Critica Teatrală, Muzicală, literara şi Artistica and the Orchestra of the ASOCIATIA Generála Muzicală din România.

In 1919 he continued his studies with d' Indy at the Schola Cantorum continued, in the following year he studied conducting with Arthur Nikisch at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. In 1921 he returned to Argentina and was a lecturer in piano, harmony, counterpoint and composition at the Conservatorio de Música de Buenos Aires, from 1924 Deputy Director. In addition, he taught from 1922 to 1931 at the Instituto Nacional de Ciegos.

In 1921 he became a member of the Sociedad Nacional de Música and the Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes as well as artistic director of the Sociedad Argentina de Música de Cámara y Sinfónica. In Buenos Aires, he founded the Asociación Sinfónica de Buenos Aires, the first permanent symphony orchestra of the city, with whom he debuted in 1922 with works by Carlos López Buchardo. In addition to the international literature, he played with the orchestra, numerous world premieres of works by contemporary compatriots. In addition, he worked as a conductor at the Teatro Colon.

Works

  • Minuetto en mi bemol for piano, 1901
  • Los días, 7 miniaturas for piano, 1902
  • Miniatura for string orchestra, 1903
  • Hoja de álbum for violin and string orchestra, 1903
  • Andantino for string orchestra, 1904
  • Gavotta for string orchestra, 1904
  • Miniatura for piano, 1904
  • Página gris for Piano, 1904
  • Bagatela for piano, 1904
  • Humoristica for piano, 1904
  • Arabescos for piano, 1905
  • La urna, song, text by Alberto Williams, 1905
  • Yo no lo sé, song, 1905
  • Danza for string orchestra, 1905
  • Madrigal for voice and piano, 1905
  • Trois mélodies for voice and piano, text by Tristan Klingsor, Jacques Normand and Sully Prudhomme, 1907
  • Taisons - nous, song, 1907
  • Les marionettes, song, text by Tristán Klingsor, 1908
  • Chanson des belles, text Tristán Klingsor, 1911
  • Sonata en do menor sostenido for Piano, 1912-13
  • Obertura en do menor for orchestra, 1913-14
  • Sinfonía, 1915
  • Tonada for piano, 1915
  • Trois mélodies for voice and piano, text by André Suarès, 1915-17
  • Lourde, lourde était mon âme, song, text by André Suares, 1916
  • Stella Matutina, song, text by André Suares, 1918
  • Homenaje a Julián Aguirre for piano, 1925
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