Vercelli, 15 Oct 1876 -  after 1913

Italian pianist and composer.
She studied at the Rome Conservatory with Giovanni Sgambati (piano) and Alessandro Parisotti (composition).
As a concert pianist she performed in Italy and abroad.
Her compositions include Preludio, Gavotta and Minuetto for string orchestra; a Piano Sonata in C minor; Sibylla Cumaea for piano (also arranged for two pianos and for orchestra); works for violin and piano and for cello and piano; and other piano works (some also arranged for orchestra).
For her piano work Ludentia she was awarded a gold medal at the International Composers’ Competition in Perugia in 1913.

Bibliography:

C. Schmidl: Dizionario universale dei musicisti
A. de Angelis: L’Italia musicale d’oggi: Dizionario dei musicisti (Rome, 1918, 3/1928)
A. Bonaventura: ‘Le donne italiane e la musica’, Rivista musicale italiana, XXXII (1925)
Grove Music Online: www.oxfordmusiconline.com

Author:

Francesca Perruccio Sica