Edelberto Dosi Explained

Edelberto Dosi (28 January 1852 – 25 September 1891) was an Italian painter and composer active in Parma. As a painter, his subjects were mainly landscapes and vedute.[1]

Biography

He painted a Cloister of the Ospedale Civile of Parma, once displayed in the Royal Gallery of Parma.[2] He painted a Paesaggio Egiziano, Fiori, Romanza, and Quadro in cornice d' ebano e figure sacre for the April 1880 Esposizione parmense di arte antica.[3]

He trained in the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma, and was a pupil of Italo Azzoni. In 1880, he composed a romanza for soprano to words of Luigi Capranica, titled La Moribonda. In 1882, he also wrote a waltz for pianoforte, to words by Adolfo Cortesi, titled Pane, burro e vino bianco. In 1882, his military march, Attenti! was played in the Piazza Grande di Parma, by the band of the 70th Regiment of Infantry.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Dqc8AQAAIAAJ Dizionario biografico universal
  2. https://archive.org/details/largalleriadipar00ricc La Regia Galleria di Parma
  3. https://archive.org/stream/esposizioneparme1880cava/esposizioneparme1880cava_djvu.txt Text of Catalogue 1880 Exposition in Parma
  4. http://www.parmaelasuastoria.it/ita/DeMaldè-Du%20Tillot.aspx?idMostra=38&idNode=243#DOSI Edelberto Parma and its history