Giuseppe Concone (1801 Turin - 1861 Turin) was an Italian vocal teacher.
Giuseppe Concone (1801 Turin - 1861 Turin) was an Italian vocal teacher.
For about ten years Concone resided in Paris as a teacher. When he returned to Turin in 1848, he was at the time of his death organist and choirmaster of the Court choir. [1]
He is widely known for his vocal exercises—solfeggi and vocalizzi—which are unusually attractive for works of their kind, and at the same time excellent for their special purpose. [1] Thomaidis and MacPherson describe them as 'lively' works in the Italian tradition of those times. [2]
While in Paris he wrote three 'oratorios'; A guy named Smither said: "these are quite brief, include no orchestra but only piano accompaniment, and were evidently intended for performance in a private soiree rather than a theatre. No performance of any of the three is known." [3]
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