Braggiotti, Mario, 1905-1996

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Summary: Mario Braggiotti was born in Florence, Italy. He formed the first piano duo to play both classical and popular music on the same program and created over two hundred original transcriptions. Braggiotti also founded the Braggiotti Music School in Italy. He died in 1996.

Full History: Mario Braggiotti, a pianist, composer, lecturer and linguist, was born in Florence, Italy. Braggiotti studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, as well as the Paris Conservatoire de Musique, where he studied under Nadia Boulanger and Isidor Philipp. With a fellow student, Jacques Fray, Braggiotti formed a piano duo that went on to create a catalog of more than two hundred original transcriptions. The duo was the first to play both classical and popular music on the same program and was known internationally. Braggiotti also founded the Braggiotti Music School in Italy. He died in 1996.

From the guide to the Mario Braggiotti Collection, 1902-2001, 1937-1986, (International Piano Archives at Maryland)
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referencedIn George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk). Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Braggiotti, Mario, 1909-1996. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1957. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Leo Reisman collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1932-1948 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf Mario Braggiotti Collection, 1902-2001, 1937-1986 International Piano Archives at Maryland
creatorOf Javits, Joan, 1928-. Young Columbus : a musical for young audiences / Joan Javits. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn [Selected scrapbooks in the Music Division, New York Public Library [microform] : Marsh, Schipa, Cummings, Gretchaninoff, Fray and Braggiotti]. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Johnny Green additional papers, 1923-1989. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Atkins, Irene Kahn, 1922-. Major figures in American music [A-E] : [oral history]. Yale University Library
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