Gustavo Carulli (15 June 1801 – 27 October 1876),^[1] called Gustave Carulli in French publications, was a composer, musician (pianist, singer, guitarist) and music teacher.

Life

Born at Livorno, he was the son of guitarist, singer^[2] 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 (such as his Méthode complette pour guitarre, op. 27, composed expressly for the instruction of his son^[3]), also published and arranged works for singers^{[4] [5] [6]} and even a method of singing^[7] and accompaniment of singing^[8] .^[9]

Young Gustavo went to Paris with his father, where he studied piano under the polish Mirecki, harmony with Nicolo Isouard and composition with Ferdinando Paer.^[10]

In 1825 his opera I tre mariti was performed in La Scala in Milan.^{[11] [12] [13]}

In 1838 Gustavo Carulli published his Méthode de chant dedicated to Gilbert Duprez.^{[14][15][16][17]} 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.^[18][19]

Carulli is said to also have been fluent in an earlier style "the galant phraseology of the 1780s".^[20]

He gave singing classes in his dwelling Rue de Provence 63 bis.,^[21][22] living only 2 numbers away from Franz Liszt.^[23]

In 1847, two of Gustavo Carulli's songs were awarded prices in a Concours des chants populaires.^[24][25]

Later he moved to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he remained and died. There one of his students was Alexandre Guilmant whom he taught harmony, counterpoint and fugue.

Works

See External links below, for works referenced in catalogues.

• Methode pour la guitare, Op. 4^[26]
• Quadrille, sur les motifs de L'Opera La Semiramide (Musique de G. Rossini, Arrangee pour le Piano-Forte, par Gustave Carulli)
• Quadrilles, from the Opera of "La Gazza Ladra" by Rossini, arranged for the piano-forte by Gustave Carulli
• Six Sonatines très-faciles pour le Pianoforte, composée par G. Carulli. Leipzig, Hofmeister^[27]
• Tre cantibile per piano-forte ^[28]
• Repertorio per gli allievi, ossia raccolta di diversi motivi del celebre M Mayer^[29]
• Pot-pourri per Pian-forte e Violino estratt della Semiramide ^[30]
• "Paganini" Trois airs variés pour le Violon, pour étre executes sur la quatrieme corde seulement, avec accompagnement de Piano, par Gustave Carulli^[31]
• Rondo brilliant, précédé d'un andante pour le piano^[32]
• Méthode du Chant, dediée à Duprez par G. Carulli, professeur du Chant^{[14][15][16][17]}
• Quinze vocalises a deux voix, faisant suite a la Methode^[33]
• Solfège des solfèges^[18][19]
• Les Feux Follets, Album de Chant avec accompagnement de Piano, pour 1842, Paroles de MM. Ancouet et E. Barateau, Musique de Gustave Carulli, contenant cinq Romances et cinq nocturnes^[34][35]
• Album de 1839; Paroles de Mme Tastu, MM. Aucoult et Barateau, Musique de Gustave Carulli ^[36]
• Mélodies, pour trois voix égales ^[37][38]
• Melodies referenced in Catalogue général des livres, ouvrages périodiques, journaux et morceaux de musique de la Bibliothèque Catholique de Termonde
• Etoile chérie, romance, musique de Gustave Carulli, paroles de Emile Barateau^[39]
• O mon Dieu, si ton bon plaisir, paroles de Corneille^[25]
• Pour qui rêve d'Amour, paroles de Barateau^[40]
• Si vous ne m'aimez plus! musique de G. Carulli, paroles de Em. Barateau^[39]
• Marie "Charle est a moi" ^[41][42]
• Huit melodies pour trois voix egales, paroles de M. Alph. de Lamartine et autres auteurs^[43]
• Ding-Dong
• Tre canzonette, paroli di diversi autori, con accompagnamento di piano-forte^[44]
• G. Carulli: Leichte und gefällige Singübungen in Arien, Romanzen und Duetten von Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini u.s.w.^[45]

References

External links

• Biography
  • Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie; Suppl. v.1. Fétis, François-Joseph
  • Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique
  • Cyclopedia of music and musicians. Ed. by John Denison
  • I maestri di musica italiani del secolo xix: notizie biografiche, by Giovanni Masutto
  • The guitar and mandolin : biographies of celebrated players and composers for these instruments by Bone, Philip James
• ‘Il faut savoir l’Italien pour déchiffrer une romance française’: Italian Presence in the French Romance 1800 – 1850 by Helen Louise Macfarlane Thesis, Referencing Gustavo Carulli

• Works referenced in catalogues
  • WorldCat
  • Internet Culturale (Italy)
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France (alternative)