12 Bazzini, Antonio
for quartet societies in Italy. In 1873 he became compo¬ canzonettas, theorbo sonatas and an oratorio, La rappre-
sition professor at the Milan Conservatory and in 1882 sentazione di S Orsola, all of which seem to be lost.
its director. Among his pupils there were Catalani, BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mascagni and Puccini. EitnerQ; FetisB
D. Calvi: Scena letteraria de gli scrittori bergamaschi, i (Bergamo,
WORKS
1664), 155ff
Vocal: II silfo e l’innamorato, scena, lv, vn obbl, pf, op.39 (Milan, A. Valentini: I musicisti bresciani e il Teatro Grande (Brescia, 1894),
1865); Turanda (op, 5, A. Gozzoletti, after C. Gozzi), Milan,
17f
Scala, 13 Jan 1867; Sennacheribbo (sinfonia cant., V. Meini), S, A. Geddo: Bergamo e la musica (Bergamo, 1958), 107-8
Bar, w, orch, vs (Milan, ?1875); sacred works, incl. masses, lits, J. Roche: ‘Music at S. Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, 1614-1643’, ML,
cants., ps; songs xlvii (1966), 296-312, esp. 300, 310-11
Orch: Ov. to Alfieri’s Saul, 1866 (Florence, 1869); Re Lear, ov., JULIA ANN GRIFFIN
op.68,1868 (Florence, ?1874); Francesca da Rimini, sym. poem,
op.77 (Berlin, 1889/90) Bazzini [Bazzino], Natale (b Lovere; d Bergamo, 1639).
Vn, orch: Concertino, E, op.14, arr, vn, pf (Milan and Leipzig,
Composer, organist and singer. He became a chaplain at
1843); Grand allegro de concert, op.15 (Milan, 1845); Vn Cone,
no.3 (Hymne triomphal), B, op.29 (Milan and Mainz, 1855); Vn S Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, in 1610 and sang in the
Cone. (Cone, militare), D, op.42 (Milan, 1863); Vn Cone., no.4, a, choir until 1611. He was an organist at nearby Desio in
op.38 (Milan, 1865); Allegro drammatico, op.51 (Mainz, n.d.) 1628. In that year he published at Venice a volume of
Chbr: Str Qt, op.7, unpubd; Str Qt, C (Milan, 1864); Str Qnt, F, Messe, motetti et dialogi a 5, concertati, the dialogues of
1865, unpubd; Str Qr, Et>, op.76 (Milan, 1879); Str Qnt, A, 1866
which are important in the history of the oratorio.
(Milan, 1884); Str Qt, G, op.79 (London, ?1892); Str Qt, c, op.80
(Milan, 1892); Str Qt, d, op.75 (Leipzig, 1893)
According to Calvi he published four other volumes -
Vn, pf: Gran duo concertante (Milan, 1840); La ronde des lutins, two books of motets, Messe e salmi a 3, concertati and
scherzo fantastique, op.25 (Milan, 1852); Elegie, op.35 no.l Arie nuove e diverse - but all seem to be lost.
(Milan, 1860); Le muletier, op.35 no.3 (Milan, 1860); 3 morceaux
BIBLIOGRAPHY
en forme de sonate, op.44 (Milan, ? 1863); Sonata, e, op.55
(Milan, 1872); numerous salon pieces, opera fantasias etc. D. Calvi: Scena letteraria de gli scrittori bergamaschi, i (Bergamo,
1664), 155ff
BIBLIOGRAPHY H.E. Smither: ‘The Latin Dramatic Dialogue and the Nascent
DBI (A. Pironti) Oratorio’, JAMS, xx (1967), 403-33
R. Schumann: ‘Antonio Bazzini’, NZM, xviii (1843), 169-70
E. De Guarini: ‘Antonio Bazzini’, RMI, iv (1897), 340-44 B durum. See B mi and Accidental, §1.
C. Sartori: ‘Antonio Bazzini negli ultimi anni’, Brescia, ix (1936),
17-20 Be (Ger.). See Flat.
A. Toni: Antonio Bazzini (Milan, 1946)
G. Barblan: ‘Le due vite artistiche di Antonio Bazzini’, I grandi Beach [nee Cheney], Amy Marcy [Mrs H.H.A. Beach] [b
anniversari del 1960 e la musica sinfonica e da camera Henniker, NH, 5 Sept 1867; d New York, 27 Dec 1944).
nell’Ottocento in Italia, Chigiana, xvii (1960), 45-50
American composer and pianist. She was the first
B. Friedland: ‘Italy’s Ottocento: Notes from the Musical
Underground’, MQ, lvi (1970), 27-53, esp. 39-42 American woman to succeed as a composer of large-scale
S. Martinotti: Ottocento strumentale italiano (Bologna, 1972), 374ff art music and was celebrated during her lifetime as the
C. Sartori: ‘Antonio Bazzini e il teatro lirico’, II melodramma italiano foremost woman composer of the USA. A descendant of
dell’Ottocento: studi e ricerche per Massimo Mila, ed. G. Pestelli a distinguished New England family, she was the only
(Turin, 1977)
child of Charles Abbott Cheney, a paper manufacturer
C. Sartori: ‘Antonio Bazzini e i suoi maestri’, NRMI, xi (1977),
606-21 and importer, and Clara Imogene (Marcy) Cheney, a
C. Sartori: L’avventura del violino: L’Italia musicale dell’Ottocento talented amateur singer and pianist. At the age of one she
nella biografia e nei carteggi di Antonio Bazzini (Turin, 1978) could sing 40 tunes accurately and always in the same
[with extensive work-list] key; before the age of two she improvised alto lines
M. Girardi: ‘I compositori della “Messa” per Rossini’, Messa per
against her mother’s soprano melodies; at three she taught
Rossini: la storia, il testo, la musica, ed. M. Girardi and P.
Petrobelli (Parma, 1988), 151-60 herself to read; and at four she mentally composed her
GIOVANNI CARLI BALLOLA/ROBERTA MONTEMORRA MARVIN first piano pieces and later played them, and could play
by ear whatever music she heard including hymns in four-
Bazzini [Bazzino, Bazino], Francesco (b Lovere, 1593; d part harmony. The Cheneys moved to Chelsea, Massa¬
Bergamo, 15 April 1660). Italian singer, theorbo player, chusetts, about 1871. Amy’s mother agreed to teach her
organist and composer, younger brother of Natale the piano when she was six, and at seven she gave her
Bazzini. He studied at the seminary and at the Accademia first public recitals, playing works by Handel, Beethoven
della Mia at Bergamo, where he gained a reputation as an and Chopin, and her own pieces. In 1875 the family
excellent singer. He studied composition with Giovanni moved to Boston, where her parents were advised that
Cavaccio and in 1614 began teaching at the academy. He she could enter a European conservatory; but they decided
served as organist of S Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, and on local training, engaging Ernst Perabo and later Carl
also sang in the choir there, until he was summoned to Baermann as piano teachers. Her development as a pianist
serve the Este court at Modena. He was prominent as a was monitored by a circle including Louis C. Elson, Percy
singer and theorbo player in performances at the court Goetschius, H.W. Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
and in the city itself, and he was given leave to perform at William Mason and Henry Harris Aubrey Beach
the court in Vienna and at Venice, Florence and Parma (1843-1910), a physician who lectured on anatomy at
(1628). In 1636 he returned to the Bergamo area where Harvard and was an amateur singer; she was to marry
he remained until his death. Bazzini was living at Zanica, him in 1885.
very close to Bergamo, in 1637, when he was paid At her successful debut in Boston (24 October 1883)
considerably more than any other visiting singer to take she played Chopin’s Rondo in E[? and Moscheles’s G
part in elaborate performances of Assumptiontide music minor Concerto, conducted by Adolf Neuendorff; at her
at S Maria Maggiore. According to Calvi he published debut with the Boston SO (28 March 1885), the first of
