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	Ferdinando Provesi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ferdinando Provesi (1895 - 1992) born in Parma Italy a musician who was an early tutor of Giuseppe Verdi regarded as one of the greatest Italian opera composers.
		Provesi began teaching Verdi in 1824 when Provesi was the master of at the cathedral in Busseto (a town not far the village where Verdi was born).
		Either of the guitarists at their peak (this was recorded in '71 and '78) would have been good enough to amaze you...
	www.freeglossary.com /Ferdinando_Provesi (239 words)

	Tietosanakirja :: encyclopedia : Giuseppe Verdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hän lähetti kymmenvuotiaan pojan kaupungin huomattavimman muusikon ja filharmonisen seuran kapellimestarin, Ferdinando Provesin, oppiin.
		Provesi opetti Verdin soittamaan huilua, bassoklarinettia, käyrätorvea ja pianoa.
		Kun Verdin edellinen opettaja Provesi kuoli, Bussetoon syntyi vapaa urkurin paikka.
	www.tietosanakirja.org /Giuseppe_Verdi (1593 words)

	Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia - Program Notes
		Busseto had a reputation both for learning (it boasted two libraries) and an outstanding musical program under the direction of Ferdinando Provesi, a charismatic musician with a somewhat checkered past who was the local organist, choirmaster, municipal maestro di cappella, teacher at the music school and leader of the amateur Philharmonic Society orchestra.
		He would succeed Provesi, marry the local girl he had fallen in love with and live out his days as the chief musician in a small town.
		The post of organist in Busseto was no longer open, but he was appointed to Provesi's other posts and in 1836 Verdi took up the life previously laid out before him, marrying his childhood sweetheart and taking up his duties teaching music and conducting the orchestra.
	www.mcchorus.org /prognt08.htm (2479 words)

	Giuseppe Verdi Emilia Romagna
		His education in the arts and humanities was enriched in the large library of the Jesuit school in Busseto, still in use today.
		The foundations of musical composition and instrumental playing were given to him by Ferdinando Provesi, maestro of the local Philharmonic society, but his advanced training took place in Milan.
		He was not admitted to the Conservatory of Music (he was over the age limit), so he studied counterpoint for three years with Vincenzo Lavigna, who had been harpsichordist at the Scala Theatre; in the meantime, he frequented the theatres in Milan, getting to know the operatic repertoire of his time.
	www.italytraveller.com /en/r/emilia-romagna/c/giuseppe-verdi (1126 words)

	Ferdinando Provesi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinando Provesi (18th - 19th century) was an early tutor of Giuseppe Verdi, regarded as one of the greatest Italian opera composers.
		Provesi, a native of Parma, Italy, began teaching Verdi in 1824, when Provesi was the master of music at the cathedral in Busseto (a town not far from the village where Verdi was born).
		This page was last modified 14:29, 12 August 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinando_Provesi (88 words)

	Giuseppe Verdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When he was still a child, Verdi's parents moved to Busseto from the province of Piacenza, where the future composer's education was greatly facilitated by visits to the large library belonging to the local Jesuit school.
		Also in Busseto, Verdi received his first lessons in composition from Ferdinando Provesi, who was in charge of the local philharmonic society.
		Verdi went to Milan when he was twenty to continue his studies, but the Conservatory of Music rejected him, citing that he was two years over the age limit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi (2468 words)

	Opera Company of Philadelphia 2006-2007 Season
		There Verdi gave singing and piano lessons to Barezzi's daughter Margherita, whom he would later marry, while he continued to take lessons on musical composition and instrumental playing from Ferdinando Provesi, maestro of the local Philharmonic society.
		At the age of 18, with Barezzi's financial support and Provesi's glowing references, Verdi traveled to Milan and applied to the conservatory.
		His application was rejected because he was over the age limit and, instead, he began studying with Vincenzo Lavigna, a composer and maestro at La Scala.
	www.operaphilly.com /06-07/prod4-composer.shtml (933 words)

	Verdi, Giuseppe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Giuseppe Verdi, the foremost composer of Italian romantic opera, was born in the village of Le Roncole near Parma on Oct. 10, 1813, the son of an innkeeper.
		His first formal musical studies were with the organist Ferdinando Provesi in the nearby town of Busseto, where he attended school.
		Verdi lived in Busseto in the home of the merchant Antonio Barezzi, who supported him financially and whose daughter Margherita was to become his first wife.
	www.indiamusicinfo.com /new/composers/verdi.html (901 words)

	Culatello & Wine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In that modest building, Giuseppe Verdi's father managed a tavern and a shop selling various objects, while his mother worked as a spinner.
		During his childhood he learned to play the organ built in 1797 by Ferdinando Bossi, thanks to his teacher Pietro Baistrocchi.
		, directed by Ferdinando Provesi, teacher of the chapel in the S. Bartolomeo church.
	www.culatelloandwine.com /uk/verdi.html (504 words)

	Opera World, Enhancing the Enjoyment of Opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Their director at that time was Ferdinando Provesi, an organist and composer who began giving Verdi his first formal music lessons.
		Soon Barezzi, Provesi, and others decided that Verdi needed further education at the famed Milan Conservatory.
		He applied and took the entrance exam in 1832, but he was turned down, in part because he was a “foreigner” from the Duchy of Parma, because the school was overcrowded, and because the judges saw little or no promise in him.
	www.operaworld.com /prompter/distlearn/sb/hdk19g7dk.html (3006 words)

	Biography for Giuseppe Verdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Young Verdi received his first organ lessons at the age of 7.
		He studied composition privately with Ferdinando Provesi in Busseto.
		At age 20 he moved to Milan to continue his studies, but the Conservatory of Music rejected him.
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0006333/bio (782 words)

	Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
		Twelve-year-old Verdi lived with a friend of his family, and soon became acquainted with Antonio Barezzi, the president of the Busseto Philharmonic Society.
		Barezzi encouraged Verdi’s talent, offering the young boy a job, and enabling him to take music lessons from Ferdinando Provesi, the director of a local Philharmonic Society.
		Verdi began to compose pieces, and progressed in his musical studies.
	violinman.com /Violin_Family/history/composer/biography/verdi/verdi.htm (814 words)

	Concert in Trapani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Detailed information can be found at the website for the firm that completed the restoration, Inzoli Cav.
		In addition to Bach and Bruckner, the program included rarely heard works by Ferdinando Provesi, Carlo Goeury, Pietro Valle, Mariano Müller, Carlo Fumagalli and Padre Davide da Bergamo.
		János Sebestyén; Luigi Celeghin, organist and director of the La Grassa organ restoration; Dr. Nino Allegra, director of tourism in Trapani and descendant of Francesco La Grassa; Claudio Bonizzi, whose firm completed the restoration; Rudolf Kelber, organist and music director at St. Jacobi in Hamburg (above).
	www.jsebestyen.org /trapani.html (202 words)

	Giuseppe Verdi
		In this town Verdi lived in the house of Antonio Barezzi, a merchant and passionate music lover, who employed Verdi to teach music to his daughter, Margherita with whom Verdi fell in love.
		Ferdinando Provesi, maestro of the local Philharmonic society gave Verdi lessons on musical composition and instrumental playing.
		However, his advanced training took place in Milan.
	www.arena.it /eng/front/documentiING/bio/verdi.html (1400 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		This disc contains world premiere recordings of five early Verdi sacred works recently discovered by professor Dino Rizzo.
		Verdi composed the two Tantum ergo settings (in F and G major), Laudate pueri, and the Qui tollis from 1829 to 1832 while an apprentice to, and collaborator with, Ferdinando Provesi, a church organist in Busseto (Verdi's hometown).
		Messa solenne was composed in 1833 during a period of study in Milan.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=3249 (343 words)

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