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Bozza Eugène Joseph

Aitken, Robert

Amirov, Fikret

Amlin, Martin

Amram, David

Andriessen, Jurriaan

Arnold, Malcolm

Arrieu, Claude

Auric, Georges

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Bowen, Edwin York

Bozza, Eugène Joseph

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Fantaisie Italienne for flute and piano

By Bozza Eugène Joseph

E.J. Bozza: "Fantaisie Italienne" for flute and piano was written in 1939, just after his Rome years (Prix de Rome 1934; Villa Médicis residence) and at the moment he began conducting at the Opéra-Comique (Paris, appointment in 1938). The title signals the music’s “Italianate” character, marked by a vocal, operatic opening and a finale with a dance impulse.
The structure of this piece is akin to a compact fantasy: an exordium/cadenza, a lyrical cantabile, followed by quick, extroverted writing that invites nimble articulation and theatrical timing.
First issued by Alphonse Leduc for clarinet and piano and later published for flute and piano (Leduc, 1953), the work belongs to Bozza’s fertile late-1930s wind period, when—fresh from his Prix de Rome years and newly engaged at Paris’s Opéra-Comique—he defined the poised, songful virtuosity that made his name among wind players.

Ervin Monroe

Fontaine Laing (piano), 1978, Little Piper / CDBaby

Fantaisie Italienne

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Yeaji Han (flute), live performance at the Kumho Art Hall, 2019

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Bozza Eugène Joseph

Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) was a French violinist and composer, and is mostly known as one of the most prolific composers of chamber music for wind instruments. Born in Nice, he started his musical training with his father, who was a violinist. At the age of eleven, he entered the Royal Conservatory of Saint Cecilia of Rome. He completed his studies there in 1919 at the age of seventeen, receiving a diploma in violin. In 1922, Bozza entered the Paris Conservatory of Music, studying violin with Edouard Nadaud.
In 1924, he graduated with the first prize in violin and took a position of solo violinist with L 'L'Orchestre de Pasdeloup in 1925. Five years later, Bozza reentered the Paris Conservatory to study
conducting with Henri Rabaud. In 1931, while completing his military service, he was awarded the first prize in conducting. Later that year, he was appointed to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as conductor, where he stayed for one year.
In 1932, he entered the Paris Conservatory for the third time to study composition with Henri Büsser.
In 1934, after winning the first prize in composition, he was awarded the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for his work Légende de Roukmani.
Upon returning from Rome, Bozza was appointed Chef d'Orchestre at the Opera Comique in 1938, where he worked until 1950. During that time, he composed most of his compositions for woodwinds.
In 1950, he became the director of the Ecole Nationale de Musique in Valenciennes, France, a post he held until his retirement in 1975. During these years, Bozza composed most of his chamber music compositions.

Despite a vast spectrum of large-scale works, Bozza is mostly known as a composer of various instrumental works. Among his key works: concertos for tuba, clarinet, and French horn,an  Aria for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Image for solo flute.