Giovanna Bruna Baldacci was an Italian composer, pianist and poet. She was born in Pistoia

Pistoia

Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...

, Italy

Italy

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, and studied piano and composition at the Istituto Musicale in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

 with Francesco Cilea

Francesco Cilea

Francesco Cilea was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.-Biography:...

 and Moretti.

After completing her studies, Baldacci worked as a concert pianist in Italy and Switzerland

Switzerland

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, taught choral singing and contributed articles to professional journals. In 1910 she won first prize for composition in an Italian Lyceum competition.

Works

Baldacci composed mostly songs and piano pieces. Selected works include:

• I mesi dell’anno, children's chorale
• Madrigale for three voices and piano