Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner

Composer and pianist Antonietta Gambara Untersteiner (1846 – 27 May 1896) was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, but lived in Italy most of her life. Untersteiner studied music at the Milan Conservatory from 1874 to 1876 and graduated with a prize. questioned whether to admit female students, but noted in a letter to Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella director Giuseppe Martucci that the only candidate worthy of admission in 1874 was Untersteiner. Compositions Untersteiner’s music was published by Casa Ricordi. Her compositions include: ;Orchestra *God and Satan (symphonic poem; also arranged for two pianos) ;Piano *God and Satan (two pianos) ;Theatre *Sul Baltico (On the Baltic) ;Vocal *songs in French and Italian References