Squarise, Raffaello - Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Squarise, Raffaello - Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Title Squarise, Raffaello - Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Author John D. Drummond
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Year 1993
Publication Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1993.
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Language English
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Geographic reference Dunedin, Otago,
Time reference 1856-1945
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Topic Italian musicians in New Zealand, Raffaello Squarise, Music, Veneti in Nuova Zelanda,


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A short biography, written by John D. Drummond and first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1993. Raffaello Squarise – also known as Raphael – was born, probably on 13 November 1856, in Vicenza, north-eastern Italy. Classically trained, Squarise left for Australia in 1882 before moving to Dunedin in 1889 to take up the position of conductor for the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, in which he also appeared as a soloist (violin). He stayed on, becoming an influential figure in Dunedin, particularly in the development of orchestral playing. During this time he wrote and had performed his one opera, Fabian, and also wrote a number of shorter works. He established the Dunedin Philharmonic Society which he led for almost 30 years, before retiring to Central Otago. He died in Roxburgh, on 15 April 1945 and was buried in Dunedin’s Andersons Bay Cemetery with his wife Louise who had predeceased him on 9 July 1941 (PDF available on cemeteries.org.nz)

More resources:
Raffaello Squarise (1856-1945): The Colonial Career of an Italian Maestro