Giuseppe Giordani

Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani (December 19, 1751, Naples – January 4, 1798, Fermo) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. Giordani's parents were Domenico Giordani and Anna Maria Tosato. He studied music in Naples with Domenico Cimarosa and Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli. In 1774 he was appointed as music director of the chapel of the Duomo of Naples. His first opera (L'Epponina) was released in 1779. His sacred drama La distruzione di Gerusalemme was a notable success at the Teatro San Carlo of Naples in 1787. He became maestro di cappella at the Cathedral of Fermo in 1791. Until recently, the popular aria Caro Mio Ben (1783) was ascribed to Giuseppe Tommaso Giovanni Giordani. However, scholars now consider Tommaso Giordani, or his father Giuseppe Giordani senior, more likely to be the aria's composer.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 19, 1751 (Naples), Died January 4, 1798 (Fermo)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1903 - 1934

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]2186	10-in.	4/30/1903	Caro mio ben	Ada Crossley	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-4544	12-in.	5/29/1907	Caro mio ben	Emilio de Gogorza	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-6040	12-in.	3/17/1908	Caro mio ben	Louise Homer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-6974	12-in.	4/8/1909	Caro mio ben	Emilio de Gogorza ; Victor Orchestra	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15218	10-in.	9/24/1914	Caro mio ben	Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20041	10-in.	6/14/1917	Caro mio ben	Amelita Galli-Curci	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-37416	10-in.	1/15/1927	Caro mio ben	Robert B. Campbell	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-37686	10-in.	2/22/1927	Caro mio ben	Royal Dadmun	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	PBVE-42060	10-in.	3/4/1928	Caro mio ben	Yoshie Fujiwara	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-Test-1092	10-in.	7/18/1934	Caro mio ben	Margaret Hartigan	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	81438	10-in.	12/26/1923	Caro mio ben	Carmela Ponselle	Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W98262	12-in.	4/24/1926	Caro mio ben	Elsa Alsen	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	12190-12191	10-in.	12/31/1923	Caro mio ben	Sigrid Onégin	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E21608-E21609	10-in.	2/24/1927	Caro mio ben	Sigrid Onégin	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5685	10-in.	7/16/1917	Caro mio ben	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	3801h	10-in.	9/27/1905	Caro mio ben	Geraldine Farrar	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Giordani, Giuseppe," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104272.

Giordani, Giuseppe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104272.

"Giordani, Giuseppe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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