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Francesco Paolo Frontini

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Petit MontagnardEco della SiciliaSerenata arabaDanse AnsiennePastorale per pianoforte3 Morceaux per Violino e Pianoforte12 pezzettini facili per piano a 4 maniAll' amica lontanaString Quartet in D minorNatale SicilianoNellaBaciami!...Raccolta per Orchestra No.310 Morceaux per Violino e PianoforteCanti della siciliaCapricieuseRaccolta di Valzer per OrchestraCanzone a vespro10 Impressions for PianoImpression MusicaleRaccolta Canzoni Napoletane 1898/1903Raccolta per canto e piano 1875-79Preludio SinfonicoAndante religioso per archi e armonioNuvolette BiancheSinfonia per OrchestraDanza sacra orientaleRaccolta per Orchestra No.4Valse IdealEco di CataniaMinuetto No.3Nel crepuscoloRaccolta per pianoforte 1895/1901Raccolta per pianoforte 1919/1920Dolce voluttàMessa da RequiemPetits tableaux pour pianoRaccolta per Orchestra No.1FollettoRaccolta per canto e piano 1900Salve Regina, IFF 42Salve Regina, IFF 57Frammento per quartetto archiPreghiera o largo in A minorRaccolta per Orchestra No.6All'amoreAttu UnicuBallataCantico a Maria delle GrazieLiricaMelodiaMessa di GloriaPreghiera pagina musicale per FilmRaccolta per canto e piano 1907-10Raccolta per Orchestra No.5Dors, mon Ange!IdillioInno a S. AgataRaccolta per canto e piano 1875-78Tantum ErgoU SpirduConfidence amoureuseLauda di SuoraQui-TollisFatalitàMalìaOverture No.2PasquinataPensiero FunebreGaminerie biricchinataPovera MammaSpartaco OverturePensiero Sinfonico CaratteristicoVicolo delle BelleAleramoIl FalconiereMedio EvoMorceaux pour pianoPuddicinedda d'oruRaccolta per canto e piano 1878-92Raccolta per canto e piano 1879/85Raccolta per canto e piano 1893-1905Raccolta per Orchestra No.2Raccolta per pianoforte 1875/1884Raccolta per pianoforte 1893/?Raccolta per pianoforte 1908-14Raccolta per pianoforte 1908/1915Raccolta per pianoforte 1910/1912Raccolta per pianoforte 1915/1916Raccolta per pianoforte 1918/1936Rosa e latte serenata NapoletanaSansoneCanti religiosi del popolo sicilianoElsie OvertureGloria OvertureIl Presepe ItalicoRaccolta per pianoforte 1925/1930Raccolta per pianoforte 1928/1932Ultimo CantoPastelli 8 composizioni facili per pianoforte
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Francesco Paolo Frontini (Catania, August 6, 1860 – Catania, July 26, 1939) was an Italian composer. He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13. At 15 his first composition, a Qui tollis, was played at the city cathedral, under the direction of Pietro Antonio Coppola. In 1875 Frontini matriculated at the conservatory in Palermo, where he studied with Pietro Platania; from there he passed to the conservatory in Naples, where he received his diploma in composition under the tuition of Lauro Rossi.
Among his first substantial compositions was a funeral Mass in honor of Pietro Coppola. In 1881 came the premiere of a three-act melodrama, Nella; further operas followed, beginning with Sansone in 1882, Aleramo (based on the legend of Adelasia and Aleramo) in 1883, Fatalità in 1890, Malia (on a libretto of Luigi Capuana) in 1891, and Il Falconiere in 1899. At the same time his lyric poem Medio-Evo received favorable notice from Jules Massenet. He wrote music for the one-act play Vicolo delle belle by Saverio Fiducia, as well as for Antonino Russo Giusti's comedy U Spiridu, which was shown in 1920 at the communal theater under the direction of Gaetano Emanuel Calì. He also wrote a number of religious and secular choral compositions at this time. Frontini also wrote numerous songs, melodies, serenatas and romances; the most popular of these were his Serenata araba, Il piccolo montanaro, and a Triumphal March. In addition to his activities as a composer, he taught music and counterpoint at the Ospizio di Beneficenza.
One of Frontini's chief interests was popular music and song, and he compiled the first collection of Sicilian folk songs in Italy; fifty pieces from this collection were published by Casa Ricordi in 1882; a second collection, titled Natale siciliano, was published in 1893 by De Marchi of Milan.
Frontini would die in 1939 in the city of his birth.