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Gennaro Perelli: Nocturne (G major), Op. 7

379 views · Published 12 September 2018 · 4:25 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: PSearPianist · 2018 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a very calming nocturne from around 1860 by the neglected and tragically short-lived Sicilian pianist and composer Gennaro Perelli (?-1871).
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I know little about the early life of Perelli, except that he seems to have found success as a touring virtuoso (described in one 1860s Paris concert review as 'The Liszt of the season'), and was sometime court pianist to the kings of both Italy and Portugal.  He met a sad and untimely end during the Franco-Prussian war.  Living in Paris during the siege, he bravely formed his own civilian militia of 'Carabiniers Parisiens', but lost an arm while leading them into action at the Battle of Montretout and died in January 1871 of his wounds.  He is buried, along with many other notable residents of Paris (including Chopin) at the Père Lachaise cemetery.  This beautiful nocturne has a slight Tyrolean air about it.   My thumnail shows an 1841 coloured engraving of the Cathedral (Madre Chiesa)at Palermo, Sicily  (which you can obtain from https://goo.gl/3cifCc ).
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