Luigi Piccioli

Luigi Piccioli (1812–1862) was an Italian musician, singer, voice instructor, and professor of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.

He became famous for his guitar playing, and toured throughout Europe. In Russia he was a professor and music director at the Court of Saint Petersburg. His brother was the lawyer and orator Giuseppe Piccioli.[1]

Composer Peter Tchaikovsky, when he was 17, was instructed in Italian opera and language by Piccioli, who claimed to be aged 50 at the time.[2] This made Tchaikovsky to form an enduring passion for Italian music.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1856 Piccioli encouraged the young Tchaikovsky to write his first published composition, a short Italian-style song or canzonetta called Mezza Notte, for soprano or tenor and piano.[10][11][12]

Piccioli also taught many others including Russian baritone Bogomir Korsov.[13] In the early 1860s, Piccioli was part of the Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society.[14]

References

  1. ^ Maisen, Pietro (1870). Gallipoli e suoi dintorni illustrati da Pietro Maisen Valtellinese (in Italian). Tip. Municipale. p. 84. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  2. ^ Poznansky, Alexander (1999-04-22). Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-253-33545-6.
  3. ^ Wiley, Roland John (2009). Tchaikovsky. OUP USA. p. 19. ISBN 9780195368925.
  4. ^ Publishing, Britannica Educational (2009-10-01). The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time. Chicago: Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-61530-056-3.
  5. ^ Poznansky, Alexander (1991). Tchaikovsky. New York, NY: Schirmer Trade Books. p. 60-61. ISBN 0-02-871885-2. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  6. ^ Holden, Anthony (1995). Tchaikovsky. London: Bantam Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-593-02468-3.
  7. ^ Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich; Orlova, Aleksandra Anatolevna (1990). Tchaikovsky: a self-portrait. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-19-315319-6.
  8. ^ Nice, David (1997). Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Pavilion Books, Limited. p. 16. ISBN 1-86205-043-0.
  9. ^ Hopkins, Anthony (1989). Great Composers. Marshall Cavendish Books. p. 246. ISBN 9781854352019.
  10. ^ Grove, George; Sadie, Stanley (1981). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London Hong Kong: MacMillan Publishing Company. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1.
  11. ^ Brown, David (1993-01-01). Tchaikovsky Remembered. London: Faber and Faber. p. xx. ISBN 978-0-571-16866-8.
  12. ^ Warrack, John (1973). Tchaikovsky. New York: New York : C. Scribner's Sons. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-684-13558-8.
  13. ^ Macy, Laura Williams (2008). The Grove Book of Opera Singers. New York (N.Y.): Oxford University Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-19-533765-5.
  14. ^ Taylor, Philip (2007-06-14). Anton Rubinstein. Bloomington: Indiana University Press (Ips). p. 88. ISBN 978-0-253-34871-5. OCLC 72161870. Retrieved 2025-06-07.


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