Leonardo De Lorenzo
Leonardo De Lorenzo ( born August 29, 1875 in Viggiano (Potenza ); † July 29, 1962 in Santa Barbara ) was an expatriate in the USA of Italian flautist, composer and university teacher.
Life
De Lorenzo began at the age of 8 years with the flute. At sixteen he was already considered a professional flutist and decided to emigrate to America. There he made his way for a time as a flutist at a hotel in Kentucky by and then returned to Italy, where he served in the military and played in a military band in Alessandria.
He then traveled through Europe first, then to South Africa, where he received in 1903 a position as a flautist in a symphony orchestra in Cape Town. In 1907 he returned to Italy to take an official degree at the Conservatory of Naples. 1909 De Lorenzo traveled again to the United States, there was principal flute in 1910, headed by Gustav Mahler New York Philharmonic and represented Georges Barrere in the Walter Damrosch conducting under New York Symphony Society.
He subsequently held positions as principal flute of the Minneapolis Symphony ( 1914-19 ), the Los Angeles Symphony ( 1919-20 ), the Los Angeles Philharmonic ( 1920-23 ) and the Rochester Philharmonic ( 1923-35 ). In Rochester, he also worked as a professor of flute at the Eastman School of Music. In 1935 he retired from his position and focused on the flute devoted compositional and literary works.
Work
De Lorenzo composed over 300 solos, chamber music, Exercises and Studies for " his" instrument. His literary works include not only numerous articles that appeared in 1951 ( and later provided with Addenda ) Book My complete story of the flute.
Among his most famous works are:
- Appassionato, for Flute, Op 5
- Saltarello, for Flute, Op 27
- 9 great artists Studies for Flute
- Non plus ultra, 18 Caprices for Flute, Op 34
- Pizzica Pizzica, for Flute, Op 37
- Idillio, for Flute and Piano, Op 67
- Sinfonietta ( Divertimento Flautistico ), for 5 flutes, Op 75
- Eccentrico Trio, for flute, clarinet and bassoon, Op 76