Giovanni Morandi (12 May 1777 – 23 November 1856) was an Italian organist and composer of the Romantic era.

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Life

Morandi was born in Pergola (1777), and died in Senigallia (1856), Italy. He was the most-important Italian composer of organ music in the first half of the 19th century, and was an early mentor of Gioachino Rossini.

Works

Organ music

Sources

• Giuseppe Radole, Manuale di letteratura organistica. Dal Trecento al Duemila, Pizzicato, 2005. ISBN 978-88-7736-489-0
• Giovanni Morandi, Opere per organo a 4 mani. Edizione critica e Catalogo delle opere a stampa per Organo, a cura di Gabriele Moroni, Bologna, UtOrpheus, 2005 ("Collezione Musicale Marchigiana", 3). ISBN 979-0-2153-0963-0
• Giovanni Morandi, Sonate per organo. Prima raccolta (1808), edizione critica a cura di Gabriele Moroni, Ebook, Società Editrice Dante Alighieri, 2012. ISBN 978-88-534-4009-9

External links

Free scores by Giovanni Morandi (composer) at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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