Marco Enrico Bossi
Source: Provincia di Torino
Born on 25 April 1861 in Salo, Lombardy, Marco Enrico Bossi was an obscure Italian composer occupying what had become, but for church music, a niche in classical music ever since the invention of the much more popular pianoforte (piano) circa 1700 that replaced the harpsichord: organ music of which he wrote a load, also producing works for chamber, orchestra, piano and voice with above 230 works in his repertoire. Having a father who was an organist at the Salò Cathedral, Bossi received training at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna from age ten, transferring to the Milan Conservatory in 1873 where he studied piano under Francesco Sangalli, composition beneath Amilcare Ponchielli and organ with Polibio Fumagalli until 1881, the latter from which he didn't graduate before that year becoming director and organist at the Como Cathedral.
The sequence of works on this page descend per composition dates, which may not seem to jive in every case with Opus numbers. To illustrate, Bossi's final opus as numbered by Flaminio Online is 238 completed in 1893 but unpublished and lost or destroyed. 'Collection of Seven Pieces for Piano' was published posthumously as late as 1934 is numbered as 191. Be as may, other authorities have all compositions following Op 147 as WoO, meaning some confusion as to whether "238" and "191" are Opus numbers or only sequential Flaminio numbers. Therefore, a couple works below are given Flaminio numbers instead of Opus numbers, though they just might be for all I can determine. Works are also labeled WoO where other authorities decline to give an Opus number. Further, not all composition dates at Flaminio are correct since Bossi died in early 1925. Flaminio has three works composed that year: 'Gitana' as 181, 'Le Rondini' as 182 and 'Piccola Raccolta di Pezzi per Armonio' as 184, none of which appear in other authorities.
'Ouverture Sinfonica' Op 1 in E major Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp in Milano 23 June 1878 Not published
Minsk Philharmonic Orchestra / Silvano Frontalini
'Etude Symphonique' Op 78 in E major Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1879 Pub Lipsia (Leipzig) 1879
Organ: Andrea Macinanti
'Preghiera' ('Prayer') Op 74 No.1 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Tre Pezzi' ('Three Pieces') Op 74
Comp 1891 Pub Milano 1891
Organ: Andrea Macinanti
'Siciliana e Giga' Op 74 No.2 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Tre Pezzi' ('Three Pieces') Op 74
Comp 1891 Pub Milano 1891
Organ: Andrea Macinanti
'Romanza' Op 89 in A-flat major Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1894 Pub Leipzig 1894
Piano: Stefano Musso Cello: Fabio Fausone
'Concerto' Op 100 in A minor Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1894 Pub Leipzig 1900
Orchestra Fabio da Bologna / Alessandra Mazzanti
Organ: Francesco Bongiorno
'Canzoncina a Maria Vergine' ('Little Song to the Virgin Mary') Op 113 No.3 of 5 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Cinque Pezzi' ('Five Pieces')
Comp 1898 Pub Torino 1898
Organ: Roberto Stirone
'Thème et Variations' Op 115 Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1899 Pub Lipsia (Leipzig) 1899
Organ: Artruro Sacchetti
Bossi began teaching harmony at the Naples Conservatory in 1900.
'Scherzo' Op 49 No.2 of 3 G minor Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Due scherzi e un Impromptu'
Comp 1904 Pub Torino 1904
Organ: Omar Caputi
'Pièce Héroïque' Op 128 in D minor Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1907 Pub Lipsia (Leipzig) 1907
Organ: Roberto Stirone
Church of the Franciscan Convent of Sant'Antonio Abate in Casale Monferrato, Italy
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi 4 Oct 2012
'Pezzo da Concerto' ('Concert Piece') Op 130 in C minor Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1908 Pub Lipsia (Leipzig) 1908
Organ: Domenico Severin
'Scena Pastorale' Op 132 No.3 of 5 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Cinque Pezzi per Organo in Stile Libero' ('Five Pieces for Organ in Freestyle') Op 132
Comp 1910 Pub Lipsia (Leipzig) 1910
Organ: Ugo Sforza 9 Oct 2020
'Improvisation' Op 134 No.2 of 2 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Sposalizio' ('Wedding') Op 134
Comp 1911 Pub Lipsia (Leipzig) 1912 For the wedding of his daughter, Zita
Organ: Ugo Sforza 9 Oct 2020
'Il Canto dell’Anima' ('The Song of the Soul') Flaminio 173 (WoO) Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1921 Pub Bologna 1921
Piano: Stefano Musso Cello: Fabio Fausone
'Fervore' Op 140 No.1 of 3 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Tre Momenti Francescani' ('Three Franciscan Moments') Op 140
Comp 1922 Pub Cincinnati 1923
Organ: Andrea Macinanti
'Beatitudine' Op 140 No.3 of 3 Marco Enrico Bossi
From 'Tre Momenti Francescani' ('Three Franciscan Moments') Op 140
Comp 1922 Pub Cincinnati 1923
Organ: Andrea Macinanti
'Fantasia Sinfonica' Op 147 Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp 1923 Pub Milano 1923
Minsk Philharmonic Orchestra / Silvano Frontalini
Organ: Arturo Sacchetti
'Santa Caterina da Siena' Flaminio 186 (WoO) Poem by Marco Enrico Bossi
Comp Oct 1924 Pub Stoccarda (Stuttgart) 1928
Piano: Giulio Giurato Violin: Roberto Noferini
Upon returning to Europe from a tour of the United States begun in 1924 Bossi died while at sea on 20 February 1925.
Sources & References for Marco Enrico Bossi:
William Lines Hubbard (The American History and Encyclopedia of Music / Volume 1 / 1908)
Aryeh Oron (Bach Cantatas)
VF History (notes)
Audio of Bossi: Classical Archives Hyperion Naxos Presto
Compositions:
Flamino Online (date / Opus)
IMSLP (alphabetical)
IMSLP (by Opus)
Klassika (by genre / Opus / title)
Wikipedia (by genre)
Wikiwand (by genre / Pусский)
Recordings of Bossi: Catalogs:
DAHR (shellac)
Move (organ)
Scores / Sheet Music:
Abe Books (vendor)
Gallica (digital copies of original publications)
Internet Archive (digital copies of original publications)
Musicalics (vendor)
Notenlager (vendor / Europe)
Authority Search: BNF Data
Other Profiles:
Giuseppe Agostini (Biographical Dictionary of Italians / Volume 13 / 1971)
Lynn Vought (All Music)
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