FRANCO ALFANO SONGS

Franco Alfano is one such composer, a major musician and teacher who enjoyed considerable success with his operas during his lifetime, but who has been overlooked for decades. Born in 1875, Alfano trained in his native Naples before embarking on an odyssey that took him to study and work in Leipzig, Berlin, Wrocław, Moscow and Paris, soaking up numerous musical influences along the way which he fashioned into a style very much his own.  He embarked on a short-lived career as a solo pianist before turning to composition and teaching, only appearing in public as a song accompanist and chamber player.