Francesco Lamperti

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Francesco Lamperti, an Italian music teacher.

Francesco Lamperti (11 March 1811 or 1813 – 1 May 1892) was an Italian singing teacher.

Biography[]

A native of Savona, Lamperti attended the Milan Conservatory where, beginning in 1850, he taught for a quarter of a century. He was director at the Teatro Filodrammatico in Lodi. In 1875, he left the school and began to teach as a private tutor. Among his pupils were Sophie Cruvelli, Emma Albani, Gottardo Aldighieri, Désirée Artôt, Sona Aslanova, Lillie Berg, David Bispham, Italo Campanini, , Samuel Silas Curry, Franz Ferenczy, Friederike Grün, Teresa Stolz, Marie van Zandt, Maria Waldmann, Herbert Witherspoon, Tecla Vigna, and Lizzie Graham.^[1] See: List of music students by teacher: K to M#Francesco Lamperti. His methods were very similar to older Italian methods, and he wrote a number of treatises on the subject.

Award[]

Lamperti was created a Commander of the Crown of Italy for his services to music.

Personal life[]

His son Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1839–1910) was also a well-known voice teacher. He died in in 1 May, 1892

Publications[]

• Guida teorico-pratica-elementare per lo studio del canto. Milan: Ricordi, 1864.
• Studi di bravura per soprano. Translated as Studies in bravura singing for the soprano voice. New York: 1875.
• Esercizi giornalieri per soprano o mezzo-soprano
• L'arte del canto. Milan: Ricordi, 1883.
• Osservazioni e consigli sul trillo
• Solfeggi. Translated as Art of Singing by J. C. Griffith. London: Ricordi, 1877. Revised edition: New York: Edward Schuberth, 1890. (There also may be an edition by G. Schirmer).

References[]

Further reading[]

• David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, (Nicolas Slonimsky, Ed.) New York: G. Schirmer, 1958.

External links[]

• Free scores by Francesco Lamperti at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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