Valentino Bucchi

Valentino Bucchi (29 November 1916 – 8 May 1976) was an Italian composer.

Biography[]

Bucchi was born in Florence, Italy, the son of musicians. He studied at in Florence. He died in Rome, Italy.

Works[]

Theatrical works[]

• Il Giuoco del Barone, opera in one act (1937)
• Li Gieus de Robin et Marion (1953)
• Il Contrabbasso, grottesco in one act (1954)
• Una notte in paradiso, cantafavola in one act (1959-1960)
• Il Coccodrillo, opera in 4 acts (1969-1970)

Chamber music[]

• Sonatina for piano (1938)
• Sonatina for harp (1944)
• Racconto siciliano for two pianos (1955)
• String quartet (1956)
• Concerto for solo clarinet (1969)
• Soliloquios, Monodrama for solo viola (1976)

Vocal music[]

• Quattro liriche for voice and piano (1935-1940)
• Cinque madrigali la dolce pena for voice and chamber orchestra (1946)
• Cori della pietà morta for mixed choir and orchestra (1949-1950)
• Due filastrocche for children's choir (1958-1959)
• Colloquio Corale for solo voice, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra (1972)
• Silence for mixed choir a cappella (1972)
• Vocalizzo nel mondo dei fiori for solo voice and 10 instruments (1975)

Orchestral works[]

• Ballata del silenzio for orchestra (1951)
• Concerto in rondò for piano and orchestra (1957)
• Concerto lirico for violin and strings (1958)
• Banditi a Orgosolo, suite for orchestra from the music for the film of Vittorio De Seta (1965)
• Suite for orchestra (1973)
• Piccolo concerto per piccolo and strings (1973)
• Concerto di concerti for string orchestra with violin, viola, cello and contrabass obligati (1974)
• Laudes Evangelii, choreographed by Léonide Massine, filmed by Joan Kemp-Welch (1961).

References[]

This article incorporates translated text from Valentino Bucchi at the Italian Wikipedia.

External links[]

• The Valentino Bucchi Foundation (in Italian)
• Biography (in English and Italian)

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