Antonio Veretti


Antonio Veretti was an Italian composer.

Biography

He studied at the Conservatorio [Giovanni Battista Martini|Conservatory Giovanni Battista Martini] in Bologna, where he was a pupil of Franco Alfano, and graduated in composition in 1921. Friend of Riccardo Bacchelli, who was also the author of some librettos of his works, attended the literary environment that gravitated around the magazine La Ronda.
Veretti began composing in Milan in 1926, when he was music critic for La fiera letteraria and, at the same time, an active popularizer of contemporary music in Italy. In Rome he founded the Conservatorio Musicale della Gioventù Italiana, where he taught until 1943. Later he was director of the Conservatory of Pesaro, Cagliari and finally of the Conservatory Luigi Cherubini in Florence in the period 1956–1970. He was a member of the Accademia di S. Cecilia and of the Accademia Filarmonica in Rome, of the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna and president of the Accademia Luigi Cherubini in Florence. He also wrote film music.
His music represented for a long time the avant-garde of the Italian production, both from the stylistic point of view and methodological and formal.

Autographs

The autographs of almost all of Veretti's compositions are preserved in the Ricordi Archives in Milan.

Fondo Veretti

The sketches of all his works are in the Fondo Veretti of the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole. The fund was donated by his wife Ines to Veretti's friend and colleague Piero Farulli as early as 1978, with a final donation in 2005 At first kept in many rooms of Villa La Torraccia, since 1999 the collection has been gathered and catalogued in the library of the Scuola. Although 30 pieces remained at the Florence Conservatory, it can be said that the fund has preserved its entirety and contains the composer's personal archives and library. The collection contains 44 autographs of Veretti's compositions, 41 printed scores of his works, 178 musical scores and manuscripts by other composers, 184 studio scores, and almost 300 monographs on musical, theatrical, literary and poetic subjects. The archival material includes correspondence, tickets, photocopies, minutes of articles by and about Veretti, theater programs, honors, illustrative notes on his compositions, also in foreign languages, personal photos and photos of performances of his works, sketches and sets. The collection can be consulted on the OPAC of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, which is part of the Sistema Documentale Integrato dell'Area Fiorentina.

Prints

Veretti published almost exclusively with Ricordi, with occasional collaborations with Suvini Zerboni. Most of the first editions are in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence, followed by the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the conservatories of Milan and Cagliari, and the Fondazione Levi in Venice.

Letters

Most of the letters that Veretti sent to his publisher Ricordi are in the Archivio Ricordi in Milan, and many others are in the Fondo Veretti of the Scuola di Musica in Fiesole.

Works

Veretti composed theatrical, vocal-instrumental, and instrumental music. Major compositions include:

Instrumental or vocal-instrumental music

  • Trio for piano, flute and violin
  • Three biblical poems for song and piano
  • Sonata as a Fantasy for cello and piano
  • Toccata for piano
  • Instrumental Duo for violin and piano
  • Sonata in F for cello and piano
  • Partita for piano
  • Six Stornelli
  • Respect and Song
  • Madrigal and Ballad: Two songs of Tasso
  • Pascoliana, for voice and piano
  • Sinfonia italiana for orchestra
  • Suite in C, for orchestra
  • Epic Symphony, for orchestra
  • Divertimento, for harpsichord and 6 instruments
  • Four Choirs
  • Sinfonia sacra, for male choir and orchestra, on biblical texts
  • Bicinia for violin and viola

Musical theater

Movie music