Emilia Gubitosi

Emilia Gubitosi (3 Feb 1887 – 17 Jan 1972) was an Italian pianist and composer. She was the first woman to graduate in composition from the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples. She worked as a concert pianist in Europe until her marriage to composer Franco Michele Napolitano, and then as an administrator. She later taught at the Conservatory and assisted with the symphony orchestra and the choral school. She helped found the Associazione Musicale Alessandro Scarlatti in Naples. She was a composer of large-scale works for orchestra, as well as operas and chamber works.

Life Emilia Gubitosi was born in Naples and studied music with Beniamino Cesi, Costantino Palumbo, Fromesco Simonetti, Camillo De Nardis and Nicola D'Arienzo at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples, graduating in 1906 with a diploma in piano and in 1906 as the first woman graduate in composition.

Works Gubitosi composed mostly large-scale works for orchestra, but also chamber works and songs, and two operas, Fatum, a four-act work, and Nada Delvig, a one-act opera published in 1909. Selected works include: Concerto for piano and orchestra (1917; publ. 1943) Allegro appassionato for violin and orchestra (1925) Sinfonia for large orchestra (publ. 1932) Corale sinfonico for orchestra and organ (1941) Notturno for orchestra (1941) Il flauto notturno, for soprano, flute and orchestra Serenata Dormire Favoletta Russa (1931) for piano Andante mosso Fatum, 4-act opera

Gubitosi also transcribed and arranged 17th and 18th-century vocal music. She published texts, including: Suono e ritmo (Naples, 1919) with F. M. Napolitano Compendio di teoria musicale (Naples, 1930)