Valentino Bucchi

Valentino Bucchi (29 November 1916 – 8 May 1976) was an Italian composer.

Biography

Bucchi was born in Florence, Italy, the son of musicians. He studied at Luigi Cherubini Conservatory of Music in Florence. He died in Rome, Italy.

Works

Theatrical works

• Il Giuoco del Barone, opera in one act (1937)
• Li Gieus de Robin et Marion (1953)
• Il Contrabbasso, grottesco in one act (1954)
• Una notte in paradiso, cantafavola in one act (1959-1960)
• Il Coccodrillo, opera in 4 acts (1969-1970)

Chamber music

• Sonatina for piano (1938)
• Sonatina for harp (1944)
• Racconto siciliano for two pianos (1955)
• String quartet (1956)
• Concerto for solo clarinet (1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LhymfHEm-8&t=13s
• Soliloquios, Monodrama for solo viola (1976)

Vocal music

• Quattro liriche for voice and piano (1935-1940)
• Cinque madrigali la dolce pena for voice and chamber orchestra (1946)
• Cori della pietà morta for mixed choir and orchestra (1949-1950)
• Due filastrocche for children's choir (1958-1959)
• Colloquio Corale for solo voice, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra (1972)
• Silence for mixed choir a cappella (1972)
• Vocalizzo nel mondo dei fiori for solo voice and 10 instruments (1975)

Orchestral works

• Ballata del silenzio for orchestra (1951)
• Concerto in rondò for piano and orchestra (1957)
• Concerto lirico for violin and strings (1958)
• Banditi a Orgosolo, suite for orchestra from the music for the film of Vittorio De Seta (1965)
• Suite for orchestra (1973)
• Piccolo concerto per piccolo and strings (1973)
• Concerto di concerti for string orchestra with violin, viola, cello and contrabass obligati (1974)
• Laudes Evangelii, choreographed by Léonide Massine, filmed by Joan Kemp-Welch (1961).

References

This article incorporates translated text from Valentino Bucchi at the Italian Wikipedia.

External links

• The Valentino Bucchi Foundation (in Italian)
• Biography (in English and Italian)