Luigi Bottazzo

Luigi Bottazzo (9 July 1845 – 29 December 1924) was an Italian organist and composer. Life Early years Bottazzo was born in Presina di Piazzola, Padua, Italy. At the age of nine he was permanently blinded in an accident. He received a musical education in counterpoint, organ and piano at Padua’s Institute for the Blind, where at the age of nineteen he joined the staff. * 7 Marce religiose, op. 204; * Piccola Suite, op. 207; * Messa VIII “Degli angeli”, op. 208 a * Sonata in Re minore, op. 210; * Messa S.Teresa del Bambin Gesù, op.229; * Messa S.Clara Vergine, op.262; * Laudate Eum in Chordis et Organo, op. 269 (sette entrate solenni); * XII Motecta Natalicia ad chorum unius vocis mediae, op. 278 * 4 Pastorali, op. 279; * Missa pro Defunctis, op. 281; * Messa S.Tarcisio, op.318; * Laus Tibi Christe, op. 339; * Messa nuziale, op. 368; * Missa in honorem S. Luciae ad duas voces aequales, op. 180 * Pange lingua, op 347 a * Ave Maris Stella, op. 347 b Writings * (n.d.) Brevi nozioni sulle forme musicali (Turin). * (n.d.) L’organista di chiesa. Breve metodo per organo (Milan, n.d.). * (n.d.) Studi sulla periodologia musicale (Padua). * (n.d.) e Metodo teorico-pratico di armonia (Padua).