Carlo Jachino

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Carlo Jachino 18871971 was a prominent Italian composer of the 20th century Born in Sanremoon February 3 1887 he studied in Leipzieg under Hugo Riemann Jachinos 3act opera Giocondo and his King won a national competition in 1922 and was premiered in 1922 at the Dal Verme theater in Milan in 1924 In 1928 his Second Quartet shared the second prize with Alfredo Casella at an internal competition in Philadelphia He was a proponent of dodecaphonic or 12tone music He wrote extensively about music including an authoritative Instruments of the Orchestra He taught composition at the conservatories of Parma Naples and Rome between 1927 and 1950 He was the director of the Naples conservatory from 1950 to 1953 and later director of the National Conservatory of Colombia in Bogotà Jachino was also inspector of music curriculum for the Italian Ministry of Education Description above from the Wikipedia article  Carlo Jachino licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia