thumb|Domenico Bellando (1868-1922) thumb|Domenico Bellando: signature '''Domenico Bellando''' (1868-1922) was an Italian organist, teacher and composer, best known as a composer of music for church services, piano pieces and songs.
==Life== Domenico Bellando was born in Genoa in 1868. Details of his early musical education are obscure. At the age of 17 he was appointed organist of Genoa's Metropolitan Cathedral, a post he retained for 27 years. In 1904 he was appointed the head of organ studies at Genoa's ''Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joubert |first=Joseph |url=https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/b/b9/IMSLP300732-SIBLEY1802.4424.3ee1-Joubert_-_Maitre_-_vol_3_pt_1.pdf#page=8 |title=Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue |publisher=Éditions Maurice Senart |edition=3rd |pages=1 |language=fr |access-date=2024-05-16 |via=International Music Score Library Project}}</ref>
==Selected work== ===Choral=== * 18?: Mass in the 6th tone, with interludes in F for organ/harmonium.<ref name=OPAC>[https://opac.sbn.it/en/risultati-ricerca-avanzata/-/opac-adv/index/1/ITICCUCUB0080027?item%3A5032%3ANomi%3A%3A%40frase%40=LO1V167988 Works by Domenico Bellando] listed in ''OPAC SBN Catalogo del Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale'' [Italy]. Online resource. Accessed 1 September 2023.</ref> * 1908: Mass for two equal voices and organ/harmonium.<ref name=OPAC /> * 1911: 3 'O salutaris hostia' : soprano or tenor, solo.<ref name=OPAC /> * 1911: 6 'Tantum ergo' : 3 male voices.<ref name=OPAC /> * 1911: 'Tantum ergo' : medium voice, solo.<ref name=OPAC />
===Orchestra=== * 1916?: Inni [for small orchestra].<ref name=OPAC />
===Organ=== * (n.d.): Notturnino.<ref name=OPAC /> * 189?: Élévation.<ref name=OPAC /> * 1896: Offertory in G.<ref name=OPAC /> * 1897: Toccata.<ref name=OPAC /> * 19?: 6 pieces.<ref name=OPAC />
===Organ/harmonium=== * 18?: 40 versetti in various keys.<ref name=OPAC /> * 189?: 30 Interludes (20 in G, 10 in Gm).<ref name=OPAC /> * 19?: Andantino pastorale.<ref name=OPAC />
===Organ/Piano=== * 192?/repr.1931: Bethleem! : pastorale.<ref name=OPAC />
===Piano=== * (n.d.): Characteristic pieces (incl: Canzonetta; In sogno; L'arcolaio).<ref name=OPAC /> * (n.d.): Fiori di nozze : melody.<ref name=OPAC /> * (n.d.): Fogli d'album : 3 pieces.<ref name=OPAC /> * (n.d.): Fra i Monti : a sketch.<ref name=OPAC /> * (n.d.): Melodia romantica.<ref name=OPAC /> * 18?: A chiaroscuro : notturno.<ref name=OPAC />
===Vocal=== * 19? Amor novo : song, words by Mario Panizzardi.<ref name=OPAC />
==External links== * [https://archivi.cini.it/teatromelodramma/detail/IT-CST-ST0004-000067/bellando-domenico-genova-1868-1922.html?lang=it A postcard image of Domenico Bellando]. ''Fondazione Giorgio Cini'', Genoa. Online resource. Accessed 3 September 2023. * {{IMSLP|id=Bellando%2C_Domenico|cname=Domenico Bellando}}. 0nline resource. Accessed 15 September 2023.
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