Vincenza Garelli della Morea facts for kids
Vincenza Garelli della Morea (born Valeggio) was an Italian pianist and composer. She was born in 1859 and lived at least until 1924. She also used the name Centa della Morea for some of her work.
Her Life Story
Vincenza Garelli della Morea was born in a place called Valeggio in Italy. She loved music from a young age. She studied music in Turin with famous teachers like Carlo Pedrotti and Giovanni Bolzoni. Later, she learned even more from Giovanni Sgambati. She married a man named Count de Cardenas. They lived in Milan, a big city in Italy. In Milan, she went to special gatherings called "salons" at Countess Maffei's house, where artists and thinkers met. In 1888, she moved to Rome, another important city.
What She Composed
Vincenza Garelli della Morea was a very creative composer. She wrote many different kinds of music. She composed three pantomimes, which are like plays without words, and several operettas, which are short, light operas. She also wrote music for orchestras, a string quartet (music for four string instruments), and many songs and piano pieces. Here are some of her known works:
- Incantesimo (Enchantment), an operetta from 1915.
- Il viaggio dei Perrichon (The Perrichons' Journey), an operetta from 1916.
- Le nozze di Leporello (Leporello's Wedding), a comedy from 1924.
- L’esultanza della stirpe (The Exultation of the Race), for orchestra.
- Idillio pastorale (Pastoral Idyll), for orchestra.
- La ballata d’Arlecchino (Harlequin's Ballad), for orchestra.
