The Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia is a conservatory in Venice, Italy named after composer Benedetto Marcello and established in 1876.

Contents 1 History 2 Directors 3 Faculty 4 Notable alumni 5 Further reading 6 External links

[edit] History

The conservatory was established in 1876 as Liceo e Società Musicale Benedetto Marcello, became communal in 1895 under the name Il Liceo Civico Musicale "Benedetto Marcello", and attained conservatory status in 1915 as Liceo Civico Musicale Pareggiato Benedetto Marcello. In 1940, under the directorship of Gian Francesco Malipiero it became Conservatorio di Stato "Benedetto Marcello".

[edit] Directors

• Marco Enrico Bossi
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
• Gian Francesco Malipiero
• Gabriele Bianchi

[edit] Faculty

• Gino Tagliapietra
• Francesco de Guarnieri
• Ettore Gracis
• Bruno Maderna
• Giuseppe Sinopoli

[edit] Notable alumni

• Luigi Nono
• Maria Chiara
• Giuseppe Sinopoli

[edit] Further reading

• "Il Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia". Music & Letters Vol. 60 (No. 3): pp. 338–339. July 1979. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4224(197907)60%3A3%3C338%3AICDMBM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I. Retrieved 2008-03-15. 

[edit] External links

• Official Web site
• Conservatory history (in Italian)

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