Giacomo Orefice
Giacomo Orefice was an Italian composer.
He was born on 27 August 1865 in Vicenza, which was then part of the Austrian Empire, but was annexed into Italy in the following year. He studied under Alessandro Busi and Luigi Mancinelli at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, and later became professor of composition at the Milan Conservatory. His students included Andree Aeschlimann Rochat. He died in Milan on 22 December 1922.
His works include:
OperasL'oasi Mariska Consuelo Il gladiatore Chopin ; Orefice's most successful work in which he incorporated music by Frédéric Chopin, arranged as arias and duets; it depicts a rather fanciful interpretation of some events in Chopin's life and the operatic arrangements are not highly regarded. Excerpts recorded by the tenors Amedeo Bassi, Enzo Leliva and others c1903 to 1905. At the time also performed in Polish.Cecilia Mosè Pane altrui Radda Il castello del sogno
BalletLa Soubrette
Orchestral
- Symphony in D minorSinfonia del boscoAnacreontiche
ChamberRiflessi ed ombre
PianoPreludi del mareQuadri di BöcklinCrespuscoliMiraggi
Songs
- various songs.