Veretti, Antonio

Veretti, Antonio, Italian composer and music educator; b. Verona, Feb. 20, 1900; d. Rome, July 13, 1978. After initial training in Verona, he studied with Mattioli and Aliano at the Bologna Liceo Musicale (graduated, 1921). He then founded his own Cons. Musicale della Gioventù Italiana in Rome, which he directed until 1943; subsequently was director of the Pesaro Cons. (1950-52), the Cagliari Cons. (1953-55), and the Florence Cons. (1956-70). While his music generally followed Italian modernist traditions, he later experimented with serial techniques.

Works

dramatic: II Medico volante,opera (1928); II Favorito del re,opera (1931; Milan, March 17, 1932; rev. as the opera-ballet, Burlesca,Rome, Jan. 29, 1955); II galante tiratore,ballet (1932; San Remo, Feb. 11, 1933); Un favola di Andersen,ballet (Venice, Sept. 15, 1934); I sette peccati,choreographic musical mystery (Milan, April 24, 1956); film music. ORCH.: Sinfonia italiana (Liège, Sept. 4,1930); Suite (1934); Sinfonia epica (1938); Piano Concerto (Venice, Sept. 9, 1950); Ouverture della campana (RAI, Nov. 10,1951); Fantasiefor Clarinet and Orch. or Piano (1959); Concertino for Flute and Chamber Orch. or Piano (1959). CHAMBER: Duo strumentalefor Violin and Piano (1925); Cello Sonata (1926); Piano Trio (1927); Divertimentofor Harpsichord and 6 Instruments (1939); Violin Sonata (1952). VOCAL: II Cantico dei Cantici,oratorio (1922); Morte e deificazione di Dafnifor Voice and 11 Instruments (Venice, Sept. 8,1937); II Figliuol prodigo,oratorio (Rome, Nov. 21, 1942); Sinfonia sacrafor Men’s Voices and Orch. (1946; Rome, April 1947); 4 poesie di Giorgio Migólofor Voice and Orch. (1950; Turin, Feb. 17, 1956; also for Voice and Piano); Elegie in Friulanofor Voice, Violin, Clarinet, and Guitar (1963).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire