Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner

Composer[1] and pianist[2] Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846 – 27 May 1896) was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire,[3] but lived in Italy[4] most of her life.

Untersteiner studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1874 to 1876 and graduated with a prize.[3] Milan Conservatory director Antonio Bazzini[5] questioned whether to admit female students, but noted in a letter to Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella director Giuseppe Martucci[6] that the only candidate worthy of admission in 1874 was Untersteiner.[7]

Compositions

Untersteiner's music was published by Casa Ricordi.[8] Her compositions include:

Orchestra
  • God and Satan (symphonic poem; also arranged for two pianos)[9]
Piano
  • God and Satan (two pianos)[3]
Theatre
  • Sul Baltico (On the Baltic)[3]
Vocal
  • songs in French and Italian[3]

References

  1. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  2. ^ Almanacco italiano (in Italian). Bemporad-Marzocco. 1896.
  3. ^ a b c d e Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Sessa, Andrea (2003). Il melodramma italiano, 1861-1900 : dizionario bio-bibliografico dei compositori. Firenze. ISBN 88-222-5213-6. OCLC 53880125.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "L'Ottocento europeo: trasformazioni sociali e nuova vita per le compositrici? - imPagine". www.impagine.it. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  6. ^ Marchetti, Luca (2017). "Yesterday and today. Portraits of composers and performers who have revolutionized the history of music" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Apr 2021.
  7. ^ Carrer, Pinuccia (2012). "C.I.R.S. De - University of Turin Online course - Introduction to gender studies" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Apr 2021.
  8. ^ Chiti, Patricia Adkins (1996). Donne in musica (in Italian). Armando. ISBN 978-88-7144-593-9.
  9. ^ L'Illustrazione italiana (in Italian). Editore Garzanti. 1884.