Luigi Bottazzo (9 July 1845 – 29 December 1924) was an Italian organist and composer. [1] [2]
Bottazzo was born in Presina di Piazzola, Padua, Italy. At the age of nine he was permanently blinded in an accident. He received a musical education in counterpoint, organ and piano at Padua's Institute for the Blind, where at the age of nineteen he joined the staff. [1]
In 1865, he was appointed organist of the church of Santa Croce, Padua. [1] In 1872 he was appointed the organist of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Throughout his life Bottazzo was a keen supporter of liturgical reform and a proponent of the Cecilian Movement in church music. [2]
In 1895, he joined the staff of Conservatorio di Musica di Padova as organ teacher and as a result published several pedagogical works, [2] and a history of sacred music in Italy. [1]
Bottazzo died in Padua on 29 December 1924. [2]
Bottazzo's catalogue of more than 500 works, [1] includes music for piano, harmonoium and organ, solo, chamber and orchestral works, songs, [2] and liturgical music, with over 40 mass-settings to his name. [1]
Source: [1]
Luigi Bottazzo (9 July 1845 – 29 December 1924) was an Italian organist and composer. [1] [2]
Bottazzo was born in Presina di Piazzola, Padua, Italy. At the age of nine he was permanently blinded in an accident. He received a musical education in counterpoint, organ and piano at Padua's Institute for the Blind, where at the age of nineteen he joined the staff. [1]
In 1865, he was appointed organist of the church of Santa Croce, Padua. [1] In 1872 he was appointed the organist of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Throughout his life Bottazzo was a keen supporter of liturgical reform and a proponent of the Cecilian Movement in church music. [2]
In 1895, he joined the staff of Conservatorio di Musica di Padova as organ teacher and as a result published several pedagogical works, [2] and a history of sacred music in Italy. [1]
Bottazzo died in Padua on 29 December 1924. [2]
Bottazzo's catalogue of more than 500 works, [1] includes music for piano, harmonoium and organ, solo, chamber and orchestral works, songs, [2] and liturgical music, with over 40 mass-settings to his name. [1]
Source: [1]