Guido Alberto Fano
Guido Alberto Fano (18 May 1875 in Padua – 14 August 1961 at Tauriano di Spilimbergo) was an Italian pianist and composer. From 1894 he was the favoured pupil of Giuseppe Martucci. In 1905 he was appointed director of the Parma Conservatory, and in 1916 he became director of the Palermo Conservatory.
Guido Alberto Fano
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- Born
- 18 May 1875
- Birthplace
- Padua
- Died
- 14 August 1961
- Place of death
- Spilimbergo
- Education
- Diploma in Composition from the Liceo Musicale di Bologna (1897); degree in law from the Università di Bologna (1901)
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · pianist
- Teachers
- Cesare Pollini
- Languages
- Italian
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Guido Alberto Fano (18 May 1875 in Padua – 14 August 1961 at Tauriano di Spilimbergo) was an Italian pianist and composer. From 1894 he was the favoured pupil of Giuseppe Martucci. In 1905 he was appointed director of the Parma Conservatory, and in 1916 he became director of the Palermo Conservatory.
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From 1922 he was professor of piano at the Milan Conservatory. Fano, who was of Jewish origin, was removed from this position by the Italian Fascist racial laws in 1938. He moved to Fossombrone and Assisi to survive the holocaust from 1943 to 1945. He returned to teaching 1945–47, then retired.
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• Born — 18 May 1875 • Birthplace — Padua • Died — 14 August 1961 • Place of death — Spilimbergo • Education — Diploma in Composition from the Liceo Musicale di Bologna (1897); degree in law from the Università di Bologna (1901)
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• Canzoni. Sara Mingardo. 2011
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- Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens. Robert Laffont. 1995. 2-221-06510-7.
- Fano, Vitale, « Maestro compositore a pieni voti e con lode ». Vita e opere di Guido Alberto Fano, in “Martini” docet. Atti delle giornate di studio, Bologna, Conservatorio di musica “Giovan Battista Martini”, 2007, pp. 67–85.
- Fano, Vitale, Come far uscire la fanciulla dal pozzo – Vicissitudini di un'opera: Juturna di Guido Alberto Fano ed Ettore Tolomei, in Musica e Storia, vol. XI, aprile 2003, Bologna, Società editrice il Mulino, pp. 161–190.
- Fano, Vitale, Lo scacco di San Pietro a Majella. Guido Alberto Fano fra Martucci e Cilea, in Fonti Musicali Italiane, Vol. 10, 2005, pp. 213–233.
- Fano, Vitale, Padova e i vecchi barbogi: Lettere di Cesare Pollini a Guido Alberto Fano (1891-1908), Cesare Pollini: Testimonianze. Documenti e testi raccolti in occasione del 150 anniversario della nascita (1858-2008), a cura di Maria Nevilla Massaro, Padova: Cooperativa Libreria Editrice Università di Padova (CLEUP), 2008, 109-148. .
- Fano, Vitale, Alle fonti dell'anima italiana. Juturna: libretto wagnermediterraneo dall'Eneide, in Scapigliatura & Fin de Siècle. Libretti d'opera italiani 1860-1915. Scritti in onore di Mario Morini, a cura di Johannes Streicher, Roma, ISMEZ, 2007, pp. 577–596.
- Fano, Vitale, « Oh che sensi d'amore e di calma ». Carducci e Guido Alberto Fano, in Qual musica attorno a Giosue, a cura di Piero Mioli, Bologna, Pàtron Editore, 2009, pp. 107–120.
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