Pick-Mangiagalli, Riccardo

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Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli – Il ‘carillon’ magico, Op.30

(b. Strakonitz, 10. July 1882 – d. Milano, 8. July 1949)

Commedia mimo-sinfonico

Preface
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli was born into a Jewish family at Strakonice, South Bohemia (Czech Republic), on 10 July 1882. His family relocated to Milan when he was just two years old, where between 1896 and 1903 he studied piano with Vincenzo Appiani and composition with Vincenzo Ferroni at the conservatory. After graduating, Pick-Mangiagalli developed a career as a pianist, teacher, and composer. He converted to Catholicism in 1906. In the years immediately preceding the First World War, Pick-Mangiagalli made several trips to Vienna, where he composed and published some of his earlier piano pieces, chamber music, and songs. From 1914 he devoted himself entirely to composition. In 1936, Pick-Mangiagalli was appointed to succeed Ildebrando Pizzetti as director of the Conservatorio di Milano, and remained in post until his death on 8 July 1949.

Pick-Mangiagalli produced a substantial catalogue of compositions, although performances and recordings of his work are now exceptionally rare. His chamber music includes a string quartet (Op.19, 1909), a Violin Sonata (Op.8, 1910), and solo pieces for violin, cello, and harp. He composed many works for solo piano, including Deux Lunaires (Op.33, 1916), a Preludio e Toccata (Op.27, 1917), and a four-movement suite titled Silhouettes de Carnaval (1905). His larger-scale concert works for orchestra include: Notturno e rondò fantastico (Op.28, 1914), Poemi (Op.45, 1923), and a Piano Concerto (Op.72, 1944). Between 1919 and 1920, Pick-Mangiagalli composed an opera, Basi e Bote (setting a libretto by Arrigo Boito), which was staged at the Teatro Argentina, Rome on 3 March 1927. He wrote ballets and other stage works throughout his career, including: Il salice d’oro (Op.25, 1914), Il ‘carillon’ magico (Op.30, 1915), Sumitra (Op.38, 1917), Mahit (Op.44, 1923), Casanova a Venezia (Op.48, 1929), and at least six other works. …

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