Molinari, Bernardino
Molinari, Bernardino
Molinari, Bernardino, eminent Italian conductor; b. Rome, April 11, 1880; d. there, Dec. 25, 1952. He studied with Falchi and Renzi at Rome’s Liceo di Santa Cecilia (graduated, 1902). He was artistic director of Rome’s Augusteo Orch. (1912–43); also conducted throughout Europe and South America. In 1928 he made his American debut with the N.Y. Phil., which he conducted again during the 1929–30 and 1930–31 seasons; he also appeared with other American orchs. He was head of the advanced conducting class at Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia (from 1936), serving as a prof, there (from 1939). Molinari championed the modern Italian school, and brought out many works by Respighi, Malipiero, and other outstanding Italian composers. He publ. a new ed. of Monteverdi’s Sonata sopra Sonata Maria (1919), concert transcriptions of Carissimi’s oratorio Giona, Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni et al., and also orchestrated Debussy’s L’lsle joyeuse.
Bibliography
E. Mucci, B. M. (Lanciano, 1941).
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