Brescia, Domenico

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Originally composed for organ. Transcribed for orchestra in 1933. Dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Ricercare (quasi fantasia) e fuga : per organo / Domenico Brescia. 1933. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43289170

Composed as music for the play, Life, written by Harry Leon Wilson and performed in the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California, on June 28, 1919.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Life : preamble and three episodes for orchestra / by Domenico Brescia. [1919] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 319168272

Composed 1909.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Preludio / Domenico Brescia. [1909]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43289178

Third movement composed 1910; fourth movement composed 1911.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Sinfonia rapsodica : e su tal corda l'anima sospira. 1910, 1911. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43289191

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Pour l'art, Métempsycose : ballet-pantomime / poème et musique de même auteur. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Sinfonia in re maggiore. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Preludio / Domenico Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Dance of the happy spirits from Orpheus / by Glück ; flute and string quartet arrangement by Domenic Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. "Life" : preamble -- Bohemian Club Grove play 1919 / composer, Domenico Brescia. San Francisco Public Library, Main Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Life : preamble and three episodes for orchestra / by Domenico Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. String quarttete [sic] no. 6 / Domenico Brescia. San Francisco Public Library, Main Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Frammento sinfonico : per 4 tromboni e basso tuba / by Domenico Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Gardner, Emma Brescia. Emma Brescia Gardner papers, 1898-1996. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Suite sinfonico : Visione Indiana / D. Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Rhapsodie suite, no. 2 / Domenico Brescia. University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, Sibley Music Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Joyful moment / D. Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Ricercare (quasi fantasia) e fuga : per organo / Domenico Brescia. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
creatorOf Brescia, Domenico. Sinfonia rapsodica : e su tal corda l'anima sospira. Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
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associatedWith Bohemian Club (San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Federal Music Project of California. corporateBody
associatedWith Gardner, Emma Brescia. person
associatedWith Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. person
associatedWith Wilson, Harry Leon, 1867-1939. person
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Ballet
Choruses, Secular (Men's voices) with orchestra
Incidental music
Incidental music
Monologues with music (Orchestra)
Music
Orchestral music
Orchestral music
Pantomimes with music
Rhapsodies (Music)
String quartets
Suites (Orchestra)
Symphonies
Symphonies
Transmigration
Wind quintets (Bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe)
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Birth 1866

Death 1939

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