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Francesco Vegezzi Bossi [from Wikipedia]
Francesco Vegezzi Bossi (1870 – 1943) was an Italian organ builder, son of Giacomo (1825‑1883), He was, together with his brother Charles I (1858‑1927), among the main promoters of the Italian organizational reform between the 19th and 20th centuries. Following the ideals that emerged from the Cecilian Movement, the Vegezzi‑Bossi dynasty participated actively in the process of renewal of the Italian organ, with hundreds of instruments of international spirit that, surpassing the limits of the nineteenth‑century organs, they could fully compete with the organ builder beyond. of the Alps. Inspired by the aesthetic‑sonic ideal of the instruments of France and England especially, Francesco created in Italy instruments of notable merit that mediate between sound innovation of a romantic, symphonic nature, decisive in the intonation of the basses and reeds, and the roots. of tradition Italian organ case (main, filling). In particular, he experienced with pneumatic transmission, which allowed build bigger and bigger instruments and expanded the tonal potential, also lightening the interpretive effort of the organist. After initially collaborating in Turin with his brother, Francesco founded your own independent company "Vegezzi‑Bossi/Vittino" with his wife Annetta Vittino with a laboratory in Centallo (CN). |
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