Barbara Giuranna

Elena Barbara Giuranna (b. 18 Nov 1898, d. 31 July 1998) was an Italian pianist and composer.

Life

Barbara Giuranna was born in Palermo, Italy, and studied piano at the Palermo Conservatory with Guido Alberto Fano and composition at the Naples Conservatory with Camillo De Nardis and Antonio Savasta. She continued her education in composition at the Milan Conservatory with Giorgio Federico Ghedini.

After completing her studies, Giuranna taught at the Rome Conservatory from 1937 to 1970 and worked as an editor of 18th-century music. She was a music consultant to RAI in Rome from 1948 to 1956, and was elected a member of the Accademia di St. Cecilia in 1982. She died in Rome.^[1][2]

Works

Giuranna composed works for stage, orchestra, chamber ensemble, chorus, violin, and piano. Giuranna also published arrangements of 18th-century music including Paisiello, Vivaldi and Cimarosa. Selected works include:

• La trappola d’oro (ballet), 1929
• Jamanto (op, 3, Giuranna), opera 1941
• Mayerling (op, 3, V. Viviani), Naples, S Carlo, 1960
• Hosanna (op, 1, C. Pinelli), Palermo, Massimo, 1978 Choral: 3 cori, male chorus, 1940
• 3 canti alla Vergine, Soprano voice, female chorus, small orchestra, 1949
• Missa sinite parvulos, children’s chorus, harp, organ, 1992
• Notturno, 1923
• Apina rapita dai nani della montagna, suite after A. France, small orchestra, 1924
• Marionette, 1927
• X legio (Poema eroico) 1936
• Toccata, 1937
• Patria 1938
• Concerto for orchestra, 1942
• Episodi, wind, brass, timpani, piano, 1942
• Concerto for orchestra no.2, 1965
• Musica per Olivia, small orchestra, 1970
• Adagio e Allegro da concerto, 9 instruments, 1935
• Sonatina, piano, 1935
• Toccata, piano, 1937
• Sonatina, harp, 1941
• Solo per viola', 1982

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