- Enzo Muccetti
Enzo Muccetti (born
June 29 ,1912 inCorfinio ; diedMarch 24 ,1977 inParma ) was a great Italianclassical bassoonist andpedagogue . He studied at theGiuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin, originally with the intention of learning thecello but shifting to thebassoon which was more suited to his small hands. Although he started out with the Buffet system, he switched to the German system. His work improving the mechanics of the bassoon was readily accepted by Heckel, which eventually designed and dedicated a special model of bassoon to him, "Model 41, Special E.M." Heckel builds bassoons with three different styles of bells, one of which the "Muccetti" bell (also know as the Italian bell) was named after him. He served as principal bassoonist atLa Scala from 1947 to 1971. After conducting a La Scala concert,Paul Hindemith wrote in his programme "if all bassoonists were so marvelous, life, and especially writing for the bassoon, would be more of a joy than it usually is." Similarly,Herbert von Karajan wrote after a series of concerts at La Scala, "I'm pleased to have found a bassoonist of such stature that in almost all European orchestras there is no one to be compared with you." Muccetti was a professor at theParma Conservatory , where his students includedEvando Dall'Oca (his eventual successor at La Scala),Romano Santi , Michael Chapman and Wendy Philips.References
Birnstingl, Roger (1997), Enzo Muccetti and the Abruzzi Mountains. "The Double Reed", 20 (2).
* [http://www.concapeligna.it/famosi/enzomuccetti/enzo_muccetti.htm Biography in Italian]
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