The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858âÂÂ1924) is regarded as the natural successor to the tradition of Giuseppe Verdi and is considered the greatest Italian opera proponent of his time. Best known for his 12 operas, his style quickly departed from the predominant Romantic Italian style and he emerged as the most significant representative of verismo, a radically realist approach.
Operas
Other works
(by genre, categorized by date)
Art songs
- A te (c. 1875)
- Plaudite populi (Lucca, 1877)
- Credo (Lucca, 1878)
- Vexilla Regis (1878)
- Sole e amore (1888)
- Salve del ciel Regina (c. 1882)
- Mentìa lâÂÂavviso (c. 1882)
- Storiella dâÂÂamore (1883)
- Piccolo valzer (1894)
- Avanti Urania! (1896)
- Scossa elettrica (1896)
- Inno a Diana (1897)
- E l'uccellino (1899)
- Terra e mare (1902)
- Canto d'anime (1904)
- Dios y Patria (himno escolar, text in Spanish, 3 August 1905, Buenos Aires)
- Casa mia, casa mia (1908)
- Sogno d'or (1913)
- Morire? (c. 1917) â This song was transposed by a half step (into G-flat major) and set to different text in the 1st revision of his work La rondine called "Parigi è la cittàdei desideri" which is sung by Ruggero in the 1st act. Besides the key and text changes, it is the exact music to the aria.
- Inno a Roma (1 June 1919, Rome)
Orchestral
- Preludio sinfonico in A Major (1876)
- Capriccio sinfonico (1883)
- Pezzi per organo e per pianoforte (1874-1878)
- Preludio Sinfonico in A major (Milan, 1882)
- Largo Adagietto in F major (c. 1881âÂÂ83)
Piano
- Foglio dâÂÂAlbum in Bb Major
- Pezzo per pianoforte (1916)
- Fugues (c. 1883)
- Scherzo in D (1883)
Chamber
- Scherzo in A Minor for String Quartet (c.1880-1883)
- String Quartet in D Major (c.1880-1883)
- 3 Minuetti for String Quartet (1881)
- Crisantemi (movement for string quartet, 1890, a Threnody "Alla memoria di Amedeo di Savoia Duca d'Aosta", composed in the course of a single night in memory of his friend the duke of Aosta)
Choral music
Notes
References
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