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Composer[1] and pianist[2] Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846 - 27 May 1896) was born in Istanbul, Turkey,[3] but lived in Italy[4] most of her life.

Untersteiner studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1874 to 1876 and graduated with a prize.[3] Milan Conservatory director Antonio Bazzini[5] questioned whether to admit female students, but noted in a letter to Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella director Giuseppe Martucci[6] that the only candidate worthy of admission in 1874 was Untersteiner.[7]

Untersteiner's music was published by Casa Ricordi.[8] Her compositions include:

Orchestra

• God and Satan (symphonic poem; also arranged for two pianos)[9]

Piano

• God and Satan (two pianos)[3]

Theatre

• Sul Baltico (On the Baltic)[3]

Vocal

• songs in French and Italian[3]

References

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