Mario Gangi
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Mario Gangi (born 10 May 1923 in Rome, died 15 February 2010 in Roiate) was an Italian classical guitarist and composer.
Biography[edit]
Education[edit]
Born in Rome in 1923, he was a pupil of his father Alfredo Gangi, a guitarist, double bassist and banjo player in various jazz orchestras in the 1930s. Mario Gangi graduated from the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, firstly studying harmony with Cesare Dobici, then double bass with Isaia Billè.
As a performer[edit]
He first performed on guitar as a boy, broadcast live on the Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche, the public service broadcaster in Fascist Italy. He began his adult career as both a double bassist in Italian radio orchestras and as a guitarist, eventually favouring the latter.
In 1954 he premièred Ennio Porrino's Concerto dell'Argrentarola, which was dedicated to him. He also premièred Goffredo Petrassi's Nunc, and he revised and was the first modern guitarist to perform Mauro Giuliani's Guitar Concerto, Op. 30. Mario Gangi also premièred Roman Vlad's Ode super Chrysea Phorminx with the Berlin Philharmonic. Other composers to dedicate works to Gangi include Franco Margola, Nino Rota, Jacopo Napoli, Ennio Morricone, and Irma Ravinale.
He gave concerts all over the world: in Europe, in America, in Australia and in Japan, where he gave two concert series from 1980 to 1985; and he played for many years with the Santa Cecilia Academy String Quartet. He made many recordings, primarily for RCA Victor and Fonit Cetra.
As a teacher[edit]
Gangi published his Metodo per chitarra (Method for Guitar) in three volumes through Ricordi, and he taught at the conservatories of Naples and Rome. Among his pupils were Carlo Carfagna, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Fausto Cigliano and Carlo Marchione.
He presented the television programme Chitarra amore mio in 1965 alongside fellow guitarist Franco Cerri. The two of them later co-authored Corso di chitarra (Guitar Course), first published in 1982. That same year, Gangi created a series called Spartiti per chitarra (Sheet Music for Guitar), in booklets with audio cassettes. The series was sold at news stands and aimed at amateur guitarists, and featured transcriptions of famous pieces and popular songs.
As a composer[edit]
Gangi's works were published variously by the publishing houses Ricordi, Zanibon, Berben, and Elderslie. Much of his solo and duo guitar music has been recorded for Brilliant Classics.
As an editor[edit]
In the 1970s he transcribed and revised guitar works, often in collaboration with Carlo Carfagna: the complete études of Fernando Sor in three volumes, the complete works of Francisco Tárrega in four volumes, the four Lute Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach, Mauro Giuliani's 24 Etudes, Op. 48, Dionisio Aguado's method for guitar, and more. Gangi and Carfagna co-authored the Dizionario chitarristico italiano (Italian Guitar Dictionary).
List of works[edit]
The following is an incomplete list of works.
- Studi (Etudes)
- 6 Pezzi Moderni (Six Modern Pieces),
- For Charlie Parker (in 8 Pezzi di Autori Contemporanei)
- Fabulae for two guitars
- Suite Italiana for two guitars
- Raccolta di musiche: Fiaba, Blues, Incantevole, La ronde folle, Melodia abruzzese, Saltarello romano
- Ninna Nanna a Pabú
- Suite Spagnola for two guitars
- Tarantella
- Tre piccoli pezzi (Three Little Pieces)
- Improvviso for three guitars Category:Italian classical composers Category:1923 births Category:2010 deaths
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