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Nov 29, 1818 Livorno, Tuscany, Italy Died on 25 Nov 1885 (aged 66)
Italian composer
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About Abramo Basevi
- Abramo Basevi (December 1818 – November 1885) was an Italian musicologist and composer. Basevi was born in Livorno.
- He began as a physician in Florence (1858) but then devoted himself exclusively to music.
- His first attempts as a composer failed but in time he composed operas (Romilda ed Ezzelino 1840; and Enrico Howard, 1847) and other music. Basevi was editor of the musical journal L'Armonia.
- He founded the Beethoven Matinées (1859), which developed into the Società del Quartetto, a source of influence upon the musical life of Florence and Italy in general.
- Basevi offered an annual prize in this connection for the best string quartet. In 1863 Basevi founded the Concerti Popolari di Musica Classica.
- He was a frequent contributor to musical periodicals, and was the author of Studio sulle Opere di G.
- Verdi (1859), Introduzione ad un Nuovo Sistema d'Armonia (1862), and Compendio della Storia della Musica (1866).
- He died in Florence.
