Giovanni Gaetano Luporini (1865โ1948) was an Italian composer. A native of Lucca, he studied there with before transferring to the Milan Conservatory, where he studied with Anselmi and Alfredo Catalani.[1] He served as director of Lucca's Pacini Institute between 1902 and 1937. As a composer, he was active in the field of sacred music, and served as maestro di cappella of the Lucca Cathedral.[2]
Luporini also composed orchestral and vocal music. He wrote a number of operas, including:
He also composed an operetta, L'aquila e le colombe.
A Mass for mixed chorus and orchestra, and an Andante religioso, have been recorded on the Bongiovanni label, coupled with a Mass and Andante by Lamberto Landi.
His grandson Gaetano Giani Luporini was also a classical composer.[3]