Cycle
The sound of the Empire

Napoleon Bonaparte, the emperor who loved music

Lecture
Lecture in Italian

Napoleon Bonaparte was a great man, leader, general, emperor, and a persuasive influencer. Using propaganda to assert his power and his empire represented a constant mission. He sensed that music, too, could help to assert his personal power. It cannot be said, however, that he did not have a sincere and heartfelt love for music. As a boy he had studied singing at the military school in Brienne. By all accounts he sang terribly out of tune, but while there he acquired a taste for the sweet cantabile style of Italian composers: Giovanni Paisiello, Gaspare Spontini, Niccolò Zingarelli, Ferdinando Paër and others. This engaging 'Napoleonic' itinerary, taking in works by well-known composers, such as Tchaikovsky, Honegger, Rota and Schoenberg, includes many curiosities and works of great interest.

Dates

Tue 12 October 2021
18.00
Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice

Performers

Giulia Perni speaker
free admission | reservation required
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