Composer

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer (1857–1919)

1857–1919

54 works and musical collections

Born: 1857
Died: 1919
Birthplace: Naples
Place of death: Montecatini Terme
Citizenship / historical state: Kingdom of Italy
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs, but it is his 1892 opera Pagliacci that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success.

Today Pagliacci continues to be his most famous opera and one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the operatic repertoire. His other notable compositions include the song "Mattinata", popularized by Enrico Caruso, and, to a lesser extent, his version of La bohème which, however, was overshadowed by Puccini's highly successful opera of the same name.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: librettist; composer; pianist; screenwriter; conductor; musician
Education: University of Bologna; San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music
Teachers: Giosuè Carducci; Beniamino Cesi
Instruments played: piano
Genres: opera
Notable works: Pagliacci
Languages used: Italian
VIAF ID: 69116037
ISNI: 0000000121382499
GND ID: 118779559
Library of Congress ID: n79127150
MusicBrainz ID: 9bfbcb17-bd72-444e-be7d-0129b6389ca1

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Choir, Voice, Piano, Oboe, Flute
Genres represented: Classical, pop, Pop
Source entries with composition dates: 2

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Mattinata	See work details	Piano Guitar Flute 10 more instruments Oboe Voice Vocal Horn Clarinet Trombone Trumpet Tuba Saxophone Accordion Classical · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vesti La Giubba	See work details	Piano Vocal Classical · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Stridono Lassu	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
October	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prologue	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
O, Colombina	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Qual fiamma avea nel guardo	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
FLOTOW - M'appari, Tutt'amor FROM MARTHA	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Zaza, piccola zingara from ZAZA	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bajazzo's Song - Score and Parts	See work details	Piano Tenor Baritone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
La Boheme	Year composed 1897, rev. 1913 as Mimì Pinson	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Medici	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Zazà	Year composed 1899	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Un tal gioco	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Intermezzo	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
O Columbina	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Arlecchin!	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Si Puo? Si Puo?	See work details	Piano Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Silvio! a quest' ora	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I zampognari	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sei la?	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Son qua!	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mattina	See work details	Piano Voice High	View sheet music Work & edition details
False	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Work & excerpts Pagliacci 4 excerpt listings	See work details	Check individual editions	View sheet music Contents & editions
I Pagliacci: Duet, "Silvio! a quest'ora"	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Cammini adagio	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hui! Hui! ... Stridono lassu	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Presto affrettiamoci	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pagliaccio, mio marito	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dei, come e bella!	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Versa il filtro	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Der Bajazzo -Finale I-	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Daybreak	See work details	Flute Oboe Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bell Chorus	See work details	Voice Choir	View sheet music Work & edition details
In The Morning Performed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vesti la giubba from I Pagliacci	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
With The Motley Performed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dawn	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Serenata francese	See work details	Piano Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Pagliacci - Act I: 'Si puo?	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Pagliacci - Act I: 'Recitar!...Vesti la giubba' Performed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
From I Pagliacci ,	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
On With The Motley Performed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
'tis the Day	See work details	Piano Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details
No! Pagliaccio non son!	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Un tal gioco, credetemi	See work details	Voice	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 69116037. Portrait: Schaarwächter, J.C. (1847-1904), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.