Paolo Serrao
Paolo Serrao (11 April 1830 – 17 March 1907) was a distinguished and influential Italian teacher of musical theory and composition at Naples.
Serrao was born in Filadelfia, Calabria. As professor of composition at the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatorio at Naples, over many years, he taught many famous Italian musicians, notably Giuseppe Martucci, Umberto Giordano, Leopoldo Mugnone, Michele Esposito, Francesco Cilea, Franco Alfano, Luigi Denza and Alessandro Longo.
He wrote five operas, of which was the most successful. His other compositions include both concert and sacred music. He died in Naples, aged 76.
Selected works[]
- Opera
- , Opera semiseria (1850)
- , Opera seria (1853)
- , Melodramma semiserio in 3 acts (1857); libretto by Federico Quercia
- , Melodramma in 4 acts (1865); libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
- , Opera in 4 acts (1868); libretto by Achille de Lauzières
- Orchestral
- Sinfonia
- Chamber music
- Andante e Fuga for string quartet
- Elegia for violin (or cello) and piano
- Minuetto for harp or piano
- Choral
- Requiem for mixed chorus and orchestra
- Gli Ortonesi in Sciò, Oratorio
Sources[]
- Arthur Eaglefield Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
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- Italian classical composers
- Italian opera composers
- Male opera composers
- Pupils of Paolo Serrao
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