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Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Ruggero Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, L'amico Fritz and Iris have remained in the repertoire in Europe (especially Italy) since their premieres.

Mascagni wrote fifteen operas, an operetta, several orchestral and vocal works, and also songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor of his own and other people's music and created a variety of styles in his operas.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 7, 1863 (Livorno), Died August 2, 1945 (Rome)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1895 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, conductor

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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 450 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-16709 10-in. 10/22/1915 Siciliana Giovanni Martinelli Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-16709 10-in. 4/15/1927 Siciliana Giovanni Martinelli Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  
Victor B-17334 10-in. 3/17/1916 Siciliana Theo Karle Male vocal solo, with harp composer  
Victor B-17520 10-in. 4/20/1916 Cavalleria rusticana intermezzo Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala Marimba band composer  
Victor B-17613 10-in. 5/4/1916 Apri la tua finestra Giovanni Martinelli Tenor vocal solo, with harp composer  
Victor B-17886 10-in. 6/17/1916 Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo Pietro's Accordion Quartet Accordion quartet composer  
Victor B-18589 10-in. 10/31/1916 Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo Ferdinand Himmelreich Piano solo composer  
Victor B-21311 10-in. 12/27/1917 M'ama, non m'ama Umberto Baroni Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-22529 12-in. 1/17/1919 Easter hymn, part 1 Opera chorus [i.e., Victor Light Opera Company] Vocal chorus and soloists, with organ and orchestra composer  
Victor B-25110 10-in. 3/21/1921 Apri la tua finestra Beniamino Gigli Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-27760 10-in. 1/26/1927 Voi lo sapete Maria Jeritza Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  
Victor B-27760 10-in. 4/16/1923 Voi lo sapete Maria Jeritza Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-28101 10-in. 6/7/1923 Suzel's lament Frances Alda Soprano vocal solo, with piano and orchestra composer  
Victor B-28102 10-in. 6/7/1923 Son pocchi fiori Frances Alda Soprano vocal solo, with piano, harp, and orchestra composer  
Victor B-28622 10-in. 9/28/1923 Son pochi fiori Lucrezia Bori Soprano vocal solo, with harp, piano, and orchestra composer  
Victor B-28624 10-in. 9/28/1923 Non mi resta che il pianto Lucrezia Bori Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-28721 10-in. 10/5/1923 Cavalleria rusticana Michel Gusikoff Violin solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor C-29285 12-in. 1/14/1924 Duetto delle ciliege Lucrezia Bori ; Miguel Fleta Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano and orchestra composer  
Victor B-30610 10-in. 7/22/1924 Voi lo sapete, O Mamma Georgie Gifford Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-31111 10-in. 10/21/1924 Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo Michel Gusikoff Violin solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-31635 10-in. 1/5/1925 Siciliana Alfred Piccaver Tenor vocal solo, with cello and harp composer  
Victor B-32917 10-in. 6/19/1925 Ave Maria! Helen G. Selig Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-34136 10-in. 12/10/1925 Voi lo sapete o mamma Dorothy Wellen Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor CVE-35829 12-in. 8/11/1926 Cavalleria rusticana selection Creatore's Band Band composer  
Victor CVE-35831 12-in. 8/12/1926 Cavalleria rusticana selection Creatore's Band Band composer  
(Results 101-125 of 450 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mascagni, Pietro," accessed October 15, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102383.

Mascagni, Pietro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 15, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102383.

"Mascagni, Pietro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 October 2024.

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