Ponchielli, Amilcare P Composers Composition

Ponchielli, Amilcare P Composers Composition

Ponchielli, Amilcare

Italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli wrote a number of operas. Already as a student, he co-wrote an operetta called Il Sindaco Babbeo. His greatest triumph, bringing almost instant acclaim around the world, was La Gioconda. Nothing he wrote afterwards matched either its acceptance or its overall strength. However, even those who know little or nothing of opera or even classical music might recognize the balletic music of "Dance of the Hours" from this opera. It stands by itself as part of the classical repertoire and was immortalized by dancing hippopotomi and crocodiles in Walt Disney's Fantasia.

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See Also:

- Brief biographical sketch, summary of operas, caricature, and Naxos discography.
- Music files offered in MIDI format.
- Biography from the Arizona Opera includes portrait.
- Biographical information with in-depth analysis of La Giocanda from a hypertext version of The Complete Opera Book (1919) by Gustav Kobbé.

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