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Antonio Bazzini (11 March 1818 – 10 February 1897) was an Italianviolinist,composer and teacher. As a composer, his most enduring work is hischamber music, which earned him a central place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century. However, his success as a composer was overshadowed by his reputation as one of the finest concert violinists of the nineteenth century. He also contributed to a portion ofMessa per Rossini, specifically the first section ofII. Sequentia,Dies Irae.
Bazzini was born atBrescia. As a young boy, he was a pupil of a local violinistFaustino Camisani [cs]. At 17, he was appointed organist of a church in his native town. The following year, he metPaganini and became completely influenced by that master's art and style. Paganini encouraged Bazzini to begin his concert career that year, and he quickly became one of the most highly regarded artists of his time. From 1841 to 1845, he lived in Germany, where he was much admired bySchumann both as a violinist and a composer, as well as byMendelssohn (Bazzini gave the first private performance of hisViolin Concerto).[1] After a short stay in Denmark in 1845, Bazzini returned to Brescia to teach and compose. In 1846, he played inNaples andPalermo. In 1849–1850 he toured Spain and from 1852 to 1863 lived inParis. He ended his concert career with a tour of theNetherlands in 1864.
Returning once more to Brescia, Bazzini devoted himself to composition, gradually abandoning the virtuoso opera fantasias and character-pieces, which had formed a large part of his earlier work. He composed an operaTuranda in 1867 (Libretto byAntonio Gazzoletti [it] in 1866) which was only performed 12 times, with mixed reviews, mostly negative, particularly to the libretto.[2] Bazzini also produced a number of dramatic cantatas, sacred works, concert overtures, and symphonic poems over the next two decades. However, his greatest success as a composer was with his chamber music compositions. In 1868, he became president of the Società dei Concerti in Brescia, and was active in promoting and composing for quartet societies in Italy. In 1873, he became composition professor at theMilan Conservatory, where he taughtCatalani,Mascagni, andPuccini, and later became the director in 1882. Bazzini died in Milan on 10 February 1897.
Bazzini was highly regarded in his time and influenced the great opera composerGiacomo Puccini. His most enduring work is his chamber music, which is written in the classic forms of the German school and has earned him a place in the Italian instrumental renaissance of the 19th century. Of particular note is his String Quartet No. 1, which won the Milan Quartet Society's first prize in 1864. Bazzini played a violin byGiuseppe Guarneri, which after his death passed toMarie Soldat-Roeger.
Artists who have recorded his music includeChloë Hanslip,Bronislaw Huberman,Jascha Heifetz,Yehudi Menuhin,David Garrett,James Ehnes, andItzhak Perlman.
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