Marco Enrico Bossi
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925) was an Italian organist, composer, improviser and teacher, best known for his organ music and for the lasting standards he set for organ study in Italy.
Born in Salò into a family of church musicians, he trained in Bologna and Milan and built a career as cathedral organist, conservatory director and touring recitalist. Directorships in Venice, Bologna and Rome left a durable mark on Italian organ teaching.
He wrote widely for orchestra, stage, choir and chamber forces, yet it is the organ works that have kept his name in the repertoire. Pieces such as the Canzoncina a Maria vergine and the Scherzo in G minor appear on Australian historic-organ programmes, including Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 2 (MD 3166), The Star of the Sea (MD 3228) and Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields (MD 3294).
A final American tour in late 1924 took him to the great Wanamaker organs; he died at sea on the voyage home in February 1925.
Compositions by Marco Enrico Bossi appear on
Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields
Fifteen historic organs from the Ballarat region are heard on this disc, released to mark the 2005 Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields festival. A fully illustrated 16-page booklet surveys the builders, churches, instruments, music and performers.
The Star of the Sea
A superb programme of Italian and French organ favourites, shaped to draw on every resource of the celebrated George Fincham grand organ at St Mary's Star-of-the-Sea, West Melbourne.
Historic Organs of the Barossa Valley, Vol. 2
Christopher Dearnley and John Stiller play seven historic Lutheran church organs of South Australia’s Barossa Valley in the second volume of this survey.