Lucia Contini Anselmi

Lucia Contini Anselmi (15 October 1876 – after 1913) was an Italian pianist and composer. Life She was born on 15 October 1876 in Vercelli, Piedmont. was an Italian pianist and composer. She studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati and composition with Alessandro Parisotti at the Conservatory in Rome. Contini Anselmi composed more than thirty works, mostly for piano but also eight for orchestra, three for violin and piano. She also composed a ballet, Driadi e satiri (Dryads and Satyrs), and an operetta, La Sponda Magica (The Magic Shore), a fairy opera in three acts. Her death date is unknown, although it is generally agree that she died after 1913. Some of her works were performed at the University of Melbourne in 2020. Works Anselmi’s works include compositions for orchestra, solo piano, violin and cello. Selected works include: *Prelude *Gavotte *Minuet *Sonata for Piano in C minor *Sibylla Cumaea *Ludentia *Inno guerresco References