Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner

Composer and pianist Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846 – 27 May 1896) was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, but lived in Italy most of her life.

Untersteiner studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1874 to 1876 and graduated with a prize. Milan Conservatory director Antonio Bazzini questioned whether to admit female students, but noted in a letter to Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella director Giuseppe Martucci that the only candidate worthy of admission in 1874 was Untersteiner.

Compositions

Untersteiner's music was published by Casa Ricordi. Her compositions include:

• God and Satan (symphonic poem; also arranged for two pianos)

• God and Satan (two pianos)

• Sul Baltico (On the Baltic)

• songs in French and Italian

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