Nashville Cast - History of My Heart (feat. Jonathan Jackson)

MARTUCCI (Martucci) Giuseppe (6 I 1856, Capua - 1 VI 1909, Naples) - Italian. conductor, pianist and composer. He began to study music in childhood at hand. father - trombonist and bandmaster. From the age of 7 he performed as a pianist with a public. a concert. In 1867-71 he studied at the Neapolitan Conservatory "San Pietro" (fp. - B. B. Cesi, composition by P. Serrao). In 1877 he participated together with cellist A.K. Piatti in the conc. a trip to Italy. In 1871 he began composing, in 1881 - conducting. In 1883, in connection with the death of R. Wagner, he conducted a concert, the program of which was composed of Wagner's works. He gained fame as one of the prominent interpreters of Wagner, as well as R. Schumann, I. Brahms. He was the director of the Muses. Lyceum, bandmaster of the Cathedral of San Petronio in Bologna; introduced means. contribution to the development of muses. culture of this city.He performed here as a symph. and an opera conductor, under his direction, Wagner's first performance of the opera Tristan and Isolda (1888, Komunale Theater) took place in Italy. The author is numerous. musesproduction (oratorio "Samuel", 1881; 2 symphonies - 1895, 1904; 2 concerts with an orchestra for piano; chamber-instrumental ensembles, vocal music, samples of works by other composers). From 1880, lecturer, from 1902 until the end of his life, director of the Conservatory in Naples.