Luigi Arditi
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Luigi Arditi was an Italian
Italy
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 violin
Violin
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ist, composer
Composer
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 and conductor
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.

Arditi was born in Crescentino, Piemonte (Italy). He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan
Milan
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. He made his debut in 1843 as a director at Vercelli
Vercelli
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, and it was there that he was made an honorary member of the Philharmonic Academy. Arditi conducted opera
Opera
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 throughout Italy and in 1846 found himself conducting as far afield as Havana
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, Cuba
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. This was where he first met Bottesini). He visited America
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, where he remained for a while, conducting operas in New York, Philadelphia and other cities until 1856. Then, following a visit to Constantinople
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, he decided to settle in London
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, but made several trips again to America with the Royal Italian Opera Company. He also conducted in Germany
Germany
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, and in other major European cities such as St. Petersburg, Vienna
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 and Madrid
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. After 1885, he was in England, conducting at Covent Garden
Royal Opera House
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 and in various prestigious theatres and promenade concert
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s in London's parks. He died at Hove
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, near Brighton
Brighton
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 (England
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), and is buried in Hove Cemetery. Arditi's best-known operas are: I Briganti, II Corsaro, and La Spia, ("The Spy"). In addition he wrote numerous songs and vocal waltzes, the most popular of which are "Il Bacio" ("The Kiss", dedicated to Gottardo Aldighieri
Gottardo Aldighieri
Gottardo Aldighieri was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major opera career in Italy from 1858-1885. He possessed a powerful and beautiful voice and appeared on the stages of most of Italy's great opera houses. He sang a broad repertoire which encompassed works by Italian, French, and German...

), "Le TortorelIe", "Se Seran Rose", and the "Parla Waltz".

His Inno Turco (1856) for Sultan Abdülmecid I
Abdülmecid I
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 set to a Turkish text was later sung in London during the state visit of Sultan Abdülaziz
Abdülâziz
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 at Crystal Palace
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 by a British choir of 1600 in July 1867. The world premiere recording of Inno Turco, by Turkish music historian Dr Emre Araci
Emre Araci
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with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir, was released in 2005 by the Brilliant Classics label.

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