Achille Simonetti

Achille Simonetti (12 June 1857 – 19 November 1928) was an Italian and English violinist and composer.

Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Death 4 Selected compositions 5 References 6 External links

Early life and education

Born in Turin on the 12th of June 1857,^[1] Simonetti left his family in Bologna (this can be gleaned from his letter to Mr Hill (of Hills and Sons) written in 1922,^[2]) and completed his studies under Francesco Bianchi, Eugenio Cavallini, Giuseppe Gamba, Charles Dancla, regarded as the last exponent of the classical French school of violin playing,^[3] and Camillo Sivori, the only pupil of Niccolo Paganini.^[4]

Career

Simonetti became part of the first London Trio, an endeavour which occupied him from 1901 to 1904, along with colleagues Amina Goodwin and William Whitehouse.^[5]

From 1912 to 1919, he was a professor of violin at the Royal Irish Academy of Music,^[6] and served as a teacher for many distinguished violinists, including Walter Starkie.

Simonetti was also an early champion of the Brahms Violin Concerto, and wrote a cadenza for the work.

Death

Simonetti died aged 71 in London on 19 November 1928.^[7]

Selected compositions

Orchestral

• Ronde joyeuse for string orchestra
• Sérénade for string orchestra

Chamber music

• Allegretto Romantico in D minor for viola and piano (published 1897)
• Andante melancolique for violin (or cello) and piano
• Ballata in C minor for viola and piano (published 1897)
• Berceuse for violin and piano
• Canzonetta for violin and piano
• Capriccio for violin and piano
• Cavatina for cello and piano
• Elegia for cello and piano
• Furlana, Italian Dance for violin and piano
• Madrigale in D major for violin and piano (1901); Music has been set to this by Pietro Florida.^[8]
• Mazurka for violin and piano
• Minuetto for violin and piano
• Notturnino for violin and piano
• Rêverie for violin and piano
• Romanza for violin and piano
• Romanzetta for violin and piano
• Scènes montagnardes for violin and piano, Op. 12
• Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, Op. 9
• String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 14 (published 1904)
• String Quartet No. 2 in B♭ major, Op. 16 (published c.1904)

Piano

• Caprice-Mazurka for piano
• Trois Morceaux caractéristiques (3 Character Pieces) for piano

References

External links

• Free scores by Achille Simonetti at the International Music Score Library Project

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Name	Simonetti, Achille
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Date of birth	12 June 1857
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Date of death	19 November 1928
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