Fausto Torrefranca [SEP] place of death
Fausto Torrefranca
Fausto Torrefranca (Vibo Valentia, 1 February 1883 – Rome, 26 November 1955) Italian musicologist and critic.
Torrefranca studied in Turin and in Germany and was the music librarian at the conservatories in Naples and in Milan. As well, he taught at the Catholic University of Milan and at the University of Florence.
Torrefranca's best-known works and essays include:
- "Le origini delle musica" (The Origins of Music) (1907)
- "Giacomo Puccini e l'opera internazionale
the latter of whom became his student from the years 1737 to 1741.
Sammartini's death in 1775 was unexpected. Although he was highly regarded in his time, his music was quickly forgotten, and was not rediscovered until 1913 by researchers Fausto Torrefranca, Georges de Saint-Foix and Gaetano Cesari. However, most of his surviving works have been recovered from editions published outside his hometown of Milan.
Innovations.
Sammartini is mostly praised for his innovations in the development of the symphony, perhaps more so than the