Gustavo Carulli


Gustavo Carulli, called Gustave Carulli in French publications, was a composer, musician and music teacher.

Life

He was the son of guitarist, singer and composer Ferdinando Carulli and the French Marie-Josephine Boyer. Gustavo learned the guitar and singing from his father, Ferdinando who, besides his well-known guitar works, also published and arranged works for singers
and even a method of singing and accompaniment of singing
Young Gustavo went to Paris with his father, where he studied piano under the polish , harmony with Nicolo Isouard and composition with Ferdinando Paer.
In 1825 his opera I tre mariti was performed in La Scala in Milan.
In 1838 Gustavo Carulli published his Méthode de chant dedicated to Gilbert Duprez. Numerous of the teaching methods therein, were incorporated into Solfège des solfèges where he collaborated with Henri Lemoine; later Adolphe-Léopold Danhauser augmented Solfège des solfèges with additional lessons.
Carulli is said to also have been fluent in an earlier style "the galant phraseology of the 1780s".
He gave singing classes in his dwelling Rue de Provence 63 bis., living only 2 numbers away from Franz Liszt.
In 1847, two of Gustavo Carulli's songs were awarded prices in a Concours des chants populaires.
Later he moved to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he remained. There one of his students was Alexandre Guilmant whom he taught harmony, counterpoint and fugue.

Works

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