Ghedini, Giorgio Federico (1892–1965)

Italian composer. He made editions of music by Monteverdi, the Gabrielis, and Frescobaldi. He studied at Turin and Bologna, at first intending to be a conductor. He later taught at the conservatories of Turin, Parma, and Milan, but eventually devoted himself to composition.

Ghedini was born in Cuneo, Piedmont. He studied at Milan Conservatory, where he eventually became director. A follower of Alfredo Casella, his best orchestral pieces are among the neoclassical works which come closest to the spirit of the Italian instrumentalism of Vivaldi's lifetime. He wrote the opera, Billy Budd (after Melville), in 1949, but is most renowned for his orchestral pieces such as Partita (1926), Architetture (1940), and Concerto dell' albatro (1945).

Works Stage eight operas, including Le baccanti (after Euripides, produced Milan, 1948) and Billy Budd (after Meville, produced Venice, 1949); incidental music for Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris.

Choral two Masses and various choral works.

Orchestral Partita (1926), symphonies, Concerto dell' albatro (after Melville's Moby Dick; 1945) for orchestra; concertos for piano, two pianos, two cellos, and violin; concerto for violin and flute with chamber orchestra.

Chamber wind quintet, piano quartet; two string quartets and other chamber music; violin and piano sonata.

Other piano works; songs.