Angelo Mariani
1821 - 1873
Italy
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A. Mariani
Angelo Mariani (11/10/1821 - 13/06/1873), an Italian conductor and composer, born in Ravenna. Errico Petrella wrote a requiem on occasion of Mariani's funeral.
Source:Grove's dictionary of music and musicians
Requiem
Period:Early Romanticism
Composed in:1848
Musical form:mass
Text/libretto:Latin mass
In memory of:king Christian VIII
This requiem mass was written for the death of the Danish King Christian VIII (1786 - 1848), in 1848. In 1847 Mariani was appointed conductor of the Court Theatre in Copenhagen.
Source:Propylaen Welt der Musik Die Komponisten and The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
Contributor:Tassos Dimitriadis
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King Christian VIII
(dedicatee)