Riccardo Barthelemy Explained

Riccardo Barthelemy, also Richard Barthélemy (2 November 1869  - 23 January 1955), was an Italian composer and pianist. He was born in Smyrna. Barthelemy studied in San Pietro a Majella conservatory in Naples. His compositions included songs and stage works. He worked for 14 years as a répétiteur and piano accompanist with famous opera singer Enrico Caruso.^[1] In 1912 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Marcia trionfale olimpica" ("Olympic Triumphal March").^[2]

Works (musical)

• Caressing butterfly
• Love's wilfulness
• Adorables tourments
• Triste ritorno
• Chi se nne scorda cchiù?
• Pesca d'ammore
• Sérénade Coquette

Works (literary)

• Memories of Caruso, translated by Constance S. Camner, with introduction by James Camner. Plainsboro, N.J.: La Scala Autographs, c1979

External links

• ABC.net.au Profile
• Caruso singing Barthelemy's composition Triste Ritorno
• Biography of Riccardo Barthelemy

Notes and References

1. Barthelemy, Memories of Caruso, translated and published c1979
2. • KRAMER, Bernhard: "Richard Barthélemy: Gold Medallist in the First Olympic Music Competition at Stockholm 1912 - Enrico Caruso's Accompanist". In Journal of Olympic History, vol. 11, n. 2, 2003, p. 11-13. online PDF