Matilde Capuis
{{short description|Italian composer}}
Matilde Margherita Mary Capuis (1 January 1913 – 31 January 2017) was an Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Naples and studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia with Gabriele Bianchi and at the Florence Conservatory.{{cite book |title=Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog|author=Heinrich, Adel|year=1991}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&q=Matilde+Capuis&pg=PA104|title=The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|year=1994|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393034875|access-date=19 January 2011}}
After completing her studies, she took a position at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Turin where she became chair of theory and then composition. For many years she performed in a duo with cellist Hugh Attilio Scabia.{{cite book |title=A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900|author=Dees, Pamela Youngdahl|year=2004}}
Works
Capuis' compositions include:
- Symphony in G major
- Concentus brevis (Concerto) for oboe and string orchestra (1975){{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237798396|title=Concentus brevis : (1975) : per oboe ed archi, für Oboe und Streichorchester|via=worldcat.org|oclc=237798396|access-date=14 September 2015}}{{YouTube|hgO1FVOFH0E}}
- Overture for orchestra{{cite book|title=Orchesterwerke von Komponistinnen im Musikverlag|url=http://ireneminderjeanneret.ch/documents/Orchesterliste.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204633/http://ireneminderjeanneret.ch/documents/Orchesterliste.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-03}}
- Variations for orchestra
- Corale for organ, string orchestra and two horns
- Dialogue for string orchestra
- Leggenda par la Notte di Natale for string orchestra
- Three Moments for cello and string orchestra
- Fantasia
- Preludio e fughetta
- Suite in Miniature for piano trio
- Sonata No. 1 in C Minor for cello and piano
- Sonata No. 2 in D Minor for cello and piano
- Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp Minor for cello and piano (1966)
- Sonata No. 4 in G major for cello and piano (1975)
- Sonata No. 5 for cello and piano (1980)
- Elegy for cello and piano
- Theme and Variations for cello and piano
- Sonata in Mi Minore for piano
- Dodici Liriche
- Il pianto della Madonna for soli, choir and orchestra
Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
- Matilde Capuis: Works for Cello and Piano Vol. 1 (Duo Capuis) (6 Aug 2007) Audite, ASIN: B000027BGJ
- Debut: Lieder von Komponistinnen [Lieder by Women Composers, Performed by Women Students] (September 24, 2002) Cavalli, ASIN: B00006IZN7
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Category:20th-century Italian classical composers
Category:20th-century Italian women composers
Category:Composers from Naples
Category:Florence Conservatory alumni
Category:Italian women classical composers
Category:Italian women centenarians
Category:Italian music educators
Category:Italian women music educators
Category:Turin Conservatory alumni
Category:Italian women organists
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