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A ''Mass'' for mixed chorus and orchestra, and an ''Andante religioso'', have been recorded on the [[Bongiovanni (record label)|Bongiovanni]] label, coupled with a ''Mass'' and ''Andante'' by [[Lamberto Landi]].<ref name ="Bongiovanni"/>
A ''Mass'' for mixed chorus and orchestra, and an ''Andante religioso'', have been recorded on the [[Bongiovanni (record label)|Bongiovanni]] label, coupled with a ''Mass'' and ''Andante'' by [[Lamberto Landi]].<ref name ="Bongiovanni"/>

His nephew [[Gaetano Giani Luporini]] was also a classical composer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lucca, musica in lutto: è morto il maestro Gaetano Giani Luporini |url=https://iltirreno.gelocal.it/lucca/cronaca/2022/02/27/news/musica-in-lutto-e-morto-il-maestro-gaetano-giani-luporini-1.41262086 |access-date=28 February 2022 |work=[[Il Tirreno]] |date=27 February 2022 |language=it-IT}}</ref>


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Gaetano Luporini holding his nephew, Gaetano Giani Luporini (1936)

Giovanni Gaetano Luporini (1865–1948) was an Italian composer. A native of Lucca, he studied there with Carlo Angeloni before transferring to the Milan Conservatory, where he studied with Anselmi and Alfredo Catalani.[1] He served as director of Lucca's Pacini Institute between 1902 and 1937.[1] As a composer, he was active in the field of sacred music, and served as maestro di cappella of the Lucca Cathedral.[2]

Tita, costume design for Dispetti amorosi act 3 (1894).

Luporini also composed orchestral and vocal music. He wrote a number of operas, including:[1]

  • Marcella (Milan, 1891)
  • I dispetti amorosi (Turin, 1894) – libretto by Luigi Illica
  • La collana di Pasqua (Naples, 1896) later presented as Nora
  • Marie Lacroix (Lucca, 1908)
La fiera sul sagrato, la cucina in casa di Anacleto Fandigli, set design for La collana di Pasqua act 1, 3 (1896).

He also composed an operetta, L'aquila e le colombe.[1]

A Mass for mixed chorus and orchestra, and an Andante religioso, have been recorded on the Bongiovanni label, coupled with a Mass and Andante by Lamberto Landi.[1]

His nephew Gaetano Giani Luporini was also a classical composer.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Liner notes to Gaetano Luporini – Lamberto Landi, Bongiovanni, recorded 1990
  2. ^ Biography at treccani.it
  3. ^ "Lucca, musica in lutto: è morto il maestro Gaetano Giani Luporini". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.