Enrico Toselli
Enrico Toselli, Count of Montignoso, (March 13, 1883 – January 15, 1926) was an Italian pianist and composer. Born in Florence, he studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati and composition with Giuseppe Martucci and Reginaldo Grazzini. He embarked on a career as a concert pianist, playing in Italy, European capital cities, Alexandria and North America.[1]
His most popular composition is Serenata 'Rimpianto' Op.6 No.1.[1] His other works include two operettas, La cattiva Francesca (1912) and La principessa bizzarra (1913).[1]
Toselli's fame largely derives not from his musical ability but from his scandalous elopement with Archduchess Louise of Austria, the former Crown Princess of Saxony, in 1907.[1] She had previously deserted her husband, Frederick Augustus of Saxony, and they had divorced in 1903. Her ex-husband became king of Saxony in 1904.
Toselli's marriage ended in divorce in 1912.[2] They had one son, Carlo Emanuele (7 May 1908 – 1969).
Toselli's memoirs of his marriage to a royal, Mari d’altesse: 4 ans de mariage avec Louise de Toscane, ex-princesse de Saxe, were published in French after his divorce.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Francesco Bussi, New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992). ISBN 0-333-73432-7 and ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- ↑ Jirí Louda and Michael Maclagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), p. 203, ISBN 1-85605-469-1
- Luisa di Toscana. La mia storia, Societa' Editrice Italiana, Milano (1911).
- Enrico Toselli. Mari d’altesse: 4 ans de mariage avec Louise de Toscane, ex-princesse de Saxe, Albin Michel Éditeur, Paris (1912).
- Enrico Toselli. Il mio matrimonio con Luisa di Sassonia, Italian translation by Paolo Reni, Societa' Editrice Italiana, Milano (1912).
- Leonardo Previero. Enrico Toselli, Il musicista della Serenata, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze (1997).
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