Emilia Gubitosi
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Emilia Gubitosi was an Italian pianist and composer.
and studied music with Beniamino Cesi
, Costantino Palumbo, Fromesco Simonetti, C. De Nardis and Nicola d'Arienzo at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majalla in Naples, graduating in 1906 with a diploma in piano and in 1906 as the first woman graduate in composition.
After completing her studies, she worked as a concert pianist in Europe
. She married composer Franco Nichele Napolitano and worked for a while as a music administrator. In 1914 she took a position teaching at the Conservatory, where she remained until 1957. She assisted with the symphony orchestra in Naples and directed the associated choir school. In 1918 she helped to found the Associazione Musicale Alessandro Scarlatti in Naples to increase awareness of early Italian music. She died in Naples.
Gubitosi also transcribed and arranged 17th and 18th-century vocal music. She published texts, including:
Life
Emilia Gubitosi was born in NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and studied music with Beniamino Cesi
Beniamino Cesi
Beniamino Cesi was a celebrated Italian concert pianist and teaching professor of piano, who taught many of the most distinguished early 20th century pianists of the Neapolitan school, so that his influence spread very widely.- Training :Born in Naples, Cesi began his studies with his father, and...
, Costantino Palumbo, Fromesco Simonetti, C. De Nardis and Nicola d'Arienzo at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majalla in Naples, graduating in 1906 with a diploma in piano and in 1906 as the first woman graduate in composition.
After completing her studies, she worked as a concert pianist in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. She married composer Franco Nichele Napolitano and worked for a while as a music administrator. In 1914 she took a position teaching at the Conservatory, where she remained until 1957. She assisted with the symphony orchestra in Naples and directed the associated choir school. In 1918 she helped to found the Associazione Musicale Alessandro Scarlatti in Naples to increase awareness of early Italian music. She died in Naples.
Works
Gubitosi composed mostly large-scale works for orchestra, but also chamber works and songs. Selected works include:- Serenata
- Dormire
- Favoletta Russa (1931) for piano
- Andante mosso
- Fatum, 4-act opera
- Concerto for pianoforte
Gubitosi also transcribed and arranged 17th and 18th-century vocal music. She published texts, including:
- Suono e ritmo (Naples, 1919) with F. M. Napolitano
- Compendio di teoria musicale (Naples, 1930)