Vincenza Garelli della Morea née Valeggio (Countess de Cardenas; 1859 - after 1924) was an Italian pianist and composer. She also used the pseudonym Centa della Morea.

Biography

Vincenza Garelli della Morea was born in Valeggio, in the province of Pavia

Province of Pavia

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, and studied in Turin

Turin

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 with Carlo Pedrotti

Carlo Pedrotti

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 and Giovanni Bolzoni

Giovanni Bolzoni

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, later continuing her studies with Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Sgambati was an Italian composer.Born to an Italian father and an English mother, Sgambati, who lost his father early, received his early education at Trevi, in Umbria, where he wrote some church music and obtained experience as a singer and conductor...

. She married the Count de Cardenas and lived in Milan

Milan

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, where she attended the salon of Countess Maffei. In 1888 she moved to Rome

Rome

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Works

Della Morea composed three pantomimes, operettas, orchestral works, a string quartet and a number of songs and piano pieces. Selected compositions include:

• Incantesimo, operetta, libretto by G. Drovetti, 1915
• Il viaggio dei Perrichon, operetta, libretto by G. Drovetti after E. Labiche, 1916
• Le nozze di Leporello, commedia, libretto by L. Almirante), 1924
• L’esultanza della stirpe for orchestra
• Idillio pastorale for orchestra
• La ballata d’Arlecchino for orchestra