Luigi Bottazzo

Luigi Bottazzo (9 July 1845 – 29 December 1924) was an Italian organist and composer.^{[1] [2]}

Bottazzo was born in Presina di Piazzola, Padua, Italy. At the age of nine he was permanently blinded in an accident. He received a musical education in counterpoint, organ and piano at Padua's Institute for the Blind, where at the age of nineteen he joined the staff.^[1]

In 1865, he was appointed organist of the church of Santa Croce, Padua.^[1] In 1872 he was appointed the organist of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. Throughout his life Bottazzo was a keen supporter of liturgical reform and a proponent of the Cecilian Movement in church music.^[2]

In 1895, he joined the staff of Conservatorio di Musica di Padova as organ teacher and as a result published several pedagogical works,^[2] and a history of sacred music in Italy.^[1]

Bottazzo died in Padua on 29 December 1924.^[2]

Bottazzo's catalogue of more than 500 works,^[1] includes music for piano, harmonoium and organ, solo, chamber and orchestral works, songs,^[2] and liturgical music, with over 40 mass-settings to his name.^[1]

• 25 Trios, op. 101;
• 24 Preludi facili, op. 104;
• 100 Versetti, op. 105 (2 volumi);
• Preludio per G.O., op. 113;
• 6 Pezzi per organo, op. 120;
• la Santa Messa, op. 126;
• Corale ed Offertorio, op. 194;
• Missa Pastoralis ad duas voces aequales, op. 198
• Messa Breve e Facile a due voci dispari in onore di San Martino vescovo, op. 201^[3]
• 7 Marce religiose, op. 204;
• Piccola Suite, op. 207;
• Messa VIII "Degli angeli", op. 208 a
• Sonata in Re minore, op. 210;
• Messa S.Teresa del Bambin Gesù, op.229;
• Messa S.Clara Vergine, op.262;
• Laudate Eum in Chordis et Organo, op. 269 (sette entrate solenni);
• XII Motecta Natalicia ad chorum unius vocis mediae, op. 278
• 4 Pastorali, op. 279;
• Missa pro Defunctis, op. 281;
• Messa S.Tarcisio, op.318;
• Laus Tibi Christe, op. 339;
• Messa nuziale, op. 368;
• Missa in honorem S. Luciae ad duas voces aequales, op. 180
• Pange lingua, op 347 a
• Ave Maris Stella, op. 347 b

• (n.d.) | Brevi nozioni sulle forme musicali (Turin).
• (n.d.) | L'organista di chiesa. Breve metodo per organo (Milan, n.d.).
• (n.d.) | Studi sulla periodologia musicale (Padua).
• (n.d.) | e Metodo teorico-pratico di armonia (Padua).
• (1901) | L'armonium quale strumento liturgico. Metodo teorico-pratico (Turin).
• (1901) | L'allievo al piano. Metodo teorico-pratico per imparare a suonare il pianoforte (Turin).
• (1902) | Sul vero significato di due termini musicali (Padua).
• (1905) | Metodo di canto corale ad uso delle scholae cantorum (Turin).
• (1926) | Memorie storiche sulla riforma della musica sacra in Italia (Padua).

Source:^[1]

• 'Invocazione alla Regina della Pace' from Raccolta di Sette Pezzi. (Op.289. 1917). Organ solo, performed by Andrew Pink. Online resource, accessed 16 March 2022.^[4]
• Public domain scores by Luigi Bottazzo at IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. Online resource, accessed 6 March 2022.

• A. Della Corte e G. M. Gatti. Dizionario di Musica (Torino: Paravia Edizioni 1958).^[2]