Luigi Bottazzo

Luigi Bottazzo (9 July 1845 – 29 December 1924) was an Italian organist and composer.^[1] ^[2]

Life[edit]

Early years[edit]

Bottazzo was born in Presina di Piazzola, Padua, Italy. At the age of nine he was permanently blinded in an accident. He received a musical education in counterpoint, organ and piano at Padua's Institute for the Blind, where at the age of nineteen he joined the staff.^[1]

Career[edit]

In 1865, he was appointed organist of the church of Santa Croce, Padua.^[1] In 1872 he was appointed the organist of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Throughout his life Bottazzo was a keen supporter of liturgical reform and a proponent of the Cecilian Movement in church music.^[2]

In 1895, he joined the staff of Conservatorio di Musica di Padova as organ teacher and as a result published several pedagogical works,^[2] and a history of sacred music in Italy.^[1]

Bottazzo died in Padua on 29 December 1924.^[2]

Works[edit]

Bottazzo's catalogue of more than 500 works,^[1] includes music for piano, harmonoium and organ, solo, chamber and orchestral works, songs,^[2] and liturgical music, with over 40 mass-settings to his name.^[1]

Musical[edit]

25 Trios, op. 101;
24 Preludi facili, op. 104;
100 Versetti, op. 105 (2 volumi);
Preludio per G.O., op. 113;
6 Pezzi per organo, op. 120;
la Santa Messa, op. 126;
Corale ed Offertorio, op. 194;
Missa Pastoralis ad duas voces aequales, op. 198
Messa Breve e Facile a due voci dispari in onore di San Martino vescovo
7 Marce religiose, op. 204;
Piccola Suite, op. 207;
Messa VIII "Degli angeli", op. 208 a
Sonata in Re minore, op. 210;
Messa S.Teresa del Bambin Gesù, op.229;
Messa S.Clara Vergine, op.262;
Laudate Eum in Chordis et Organo, op. 269 (sette entrate solenni);
XII Motecta Natalicia ad chorum unius vocis mediae, op. 278
4 Pastorali, op. 279;
Missa pro Defunctis, op. 281;
Messa S.Tarcisio, op.318;
Laus Tibi Christe, op. 339;
Messa nuziale, op. 368;
Missa in honorem S. Luciae ad duas voces aequales, op. 180
Pange lingua, op 347 a
Ave Maris Stella, op. 347 b

Wrtings[edit]

(n.d.) | Brevi nozioni sulle forme musicali (Turin).
(n.d.) | L'organista di chiesa. Breve metodo per organo (Milan, n.d.).
(n.d.) | Studi sulla periodologia musicale (Padua).
(n.d.) | e Metodo teorico-pratico di armonia (Padua).
(1901) | L'armonium quale strumento liturgico. Metodo teorico-pratico (Turin).
(1901) | L'allievo al piano. Metodo teorico-pratico per imparare a suonare il pianoforte (Turin).
(1902) | Sul vero significato di due termini musicali (Padua).
(1905) | Metodo di canto corale ad uso delle scholae cantorum (Turin).
(1926) | Memorie storiche sulla riforma della musica sacra in Italia (Padua).

Source:^[1]

External links[edit]

'Invocazione alla Regina della Pace' from Raccolta di Sette Pezzi. (Op.289. 1917). Organ solo, performed by Andrew Pink. Online resource, accessed 16 March 2022.^[3]
Public domain scores by Luigi Bottazzo at IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. Online resource, accessed 6 March 2022.

References[edit]

A. Della Corte e G.M. Gatti. Dizionario di Musica (Torino: Paravia Edizioni 1958).^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ''Luigi Bottazzo' in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 13 (1971). Online resource, accessed 7 March 2022>
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 'Luigi Bottazza' Wikipedia Italia. Online resource, accessed 6 March 2022.
^ Andrew Pink. 'Exordia ad missam' : my lockdown recordings 2020-22, online resource, accessed 16 March 2022.

[dict-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ''Luigi Bottazzo' in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 13 (1971). Online resource, accessed 7 March 2022>

[wikit-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 'Luigi Bottazza' Wikipedia Italia. Online resource, accessed 6 March 2022.

[3] Andrew Pink. 'Exordia ad missam' : my lockdown recordings 2020-22, online resource, accessed 16 March 2022.

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