Menotti, Gian Carlo
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Friday, July 7, 1911 in Cadegliano, Italy
Died: Thursday, February 1, 2007 in Monte Carlo, Monaco
Nation of Origin: Italy
Major Works:
Operas:
The Consul
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Other Information:
Menotti won the Pulizter Prize for his opera The Consul in 1950.
Menotti won the Pulizter Prize for The Saint of Bleeker Street in 1955.
For a complete biography of Menotti, see the link to the Schirmer
site below.
General Bibliography:
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Salzman, Eric, Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction, Pearson, October 2001, ISBN: 0130959413
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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Biographical essay from Wikipedia
Biography at the Schirmer site
