Lucia Contini Anselmi

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Lucia Contini Anselmi (15 October 1876 – after 1913) was an Italian pianist and composer.

Life

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She was born on 15 October 1876 in Vercelli, Piedmont.[1] was an Italian pianist and composer. She studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati and composition with Alessandro Parisotti at the Conservatory in Rome.[1] After completing her studies, she toured as a concert pianist in Italy and overseas. She received a gold medal for her piano work Ludentia at the International Competition for Composers at Perugia in 1913.[2][1] Contini Anselmi's fame allowed her a personal reception by Queen Margherita of Italy.[3]

Contini Anselmi composed more than thirty works, mostly for piano but also eight for orchestra, three for violin and piano. She also composed a ballet, Driadi e satiri (Dryads and Satyrs), and an operetta, La Sponda Magica (The Magic Shore), a fairy opera in three acts.[3] She published a treatise in 1908 Della tecnica per l’esecuzione della musica sul pianoforte e sua interpretazione (On the technique of performing music on the piano and its interpretation).[4]

Her death date is unknown, although it is generally agree that she died after 1913.[1][3] Some of her works were performed at the University of Melbourne in 2020.[4]

Works

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 127. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ Perruccio, Francesca Sica. "Anselmi, Lucia Contini". Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). South Africa: Books & Music (USA). p. 162. ISBN 0-9617485-0-8.
  4. ^ a b Nelson, Quilby (2022). Performing the undiscovered solo piano works of Italian composer Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876-1913) (Master's thesis thesis). University of Melbourne.