Alessandro Longo

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1864 – 1945

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Who was Alessandro Longo?

Alessandro Longo was an Italian composer and musicologist.

Longo was born in Amantea. After studying at the Naples Conservatory under Beniamino Cesi, he began teaching piano at his alma mater in 1887, deputizing for Cesi as pianoforte professor, and succeeded him in 1897. As a pianist, Longo often played in chamber ensemble with the Ferni Quartet, and with the Quartetto Napoletano. He founded various musical institutions in Naples, and gained a high reputation as a concert pianist. In 1914 he began editing the review L'Arte Pianistica. He became Director of the Naples Conservatory in 1944, and died in Naples the following year, aged 80.

Today, Longo is mainly remembered for compiling an almost comprehensive catalogue of the keyboard works of Domenico Scarlatti. For many years, Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas were conventionally identified by their Longo numbers, but these were later superseded by those found in Ralph Kirkpatrick's catalogue.

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Born
Dec 31, 1864
Amantea
Also known as
  • Лонго, Алессандро
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Nationality
  • Italy
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Died
Nov 3, 1945
Naples

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on July 23, 2013

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