Marco Enrico Bossi Explained

Birth Date:25 April 1861
Birth Place:Salò, Italy
Death Place:At sea
Resting Place:Como, Italy
Occupations:Organist
Era:Romantic
Relations:Costante Adolfo Bossi (brother)

Marco Enrico Bossi (25 April 1861 – 20 February 1925) was an Italian organist, composer, improviser and teacher.

Life

Bossi was born in Salò, a town in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, into a family of musicians. His father, Pietro, was organist at Salò Cathedral, which has a one-manual organ built by Fratelli Serassi from 1865 (opus 684), which was restored in 2000/2001. He had two brothers, Costante Adolfo Bossi and Pietro Bossi.

He received his musical training at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna and the Milan Conservatory, where his teachers included Amintore Galli (counterpoint and musical aesthetics),[1] Francesco Sangalli (piano), Amilcare Ponchielli (composition) and Polibio Fumagalli (organ).

In 1881, Bossi became director of music and organist at Como Cathedral. Nine years later, he was appointed as professor of organ and harmony at Naples Conservatory. In addition, he held directorships at conservatories in Venice (1895–1901), Bologna (1902–1911) and Rome (1916–1923), where he established and implemented the standards of organ studies that are still used in Italy today. His notable pupils included Giulio Bas, Giacomo Benvenuti, Giorgio Federico Ghedini, and Gian Francesco Malipiero. Throughout his career, Bossi made numerous international organ recital tours, which brought him in contact with well-known colleagues such as César Franck, Marcel Dupré, Alexandre Guilmant, Joseph Bonnet, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles M. Courboin, and Karl Straube.

In November 1924, Bossi embarked on a recital tour to New York and Philadelphia, where he made important appearances at Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia, where he played the Wanamaker Organ, the world's largest pipe organ and at Wanamaker's store in New York City which also housed a large organ.[2] Bossi was ill during his U.S. trip. He died unexpectedly at sea while returning from the United States on February 20, 1925, and was interred at Como. (Bossi's tomb places his death on the 21st.)[3]

Compositions

Marco Enrico Bossi wrote more than 150 works for various genres (orchestra, five operas, oratorios, choral and chamber music, as well as pieces for piano and organ). His catalog of compositions is still largely unknown, except for his organ works.Andrea Macinanti is recording Marco Enrico Bossi's complete organ works for Tactus label.

Organ solo

Organ with other instruments

Chamber music

Piano

Vocal and orchestra works

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Di Cesare, Maria Carmela . Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . 1998 . 51 . it-IT . Biographical Dictionary of Italians . Galli, Amintore . 5 January 2024.
  2. Web site: John Wanamaker Store.
  3. Findagrave
  4. Book: Bossi, Enrico . Solo di clarinetto . J. Fischer . 1920 . New York . 18208057.
  5. Book: The Diapason 1921-01-01: Vol 12 Iss 2 . 1921-01-01 . Scranton Gillette Communications Inc . English.
  6. March 1, 1948 . Edward B. Marks Music Corporation . . 39 . 4 . 4.

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