BELOCH, Dorotea

A student of Pietro Mascagni, she attended his composition and instrumentation classes at the National School of Music in 1907 and 1908, after studying harmony, counterpoint, and fugue with Maestro Riccardo Storti from 1905 to 1907. She is the author of many romances for voice and piano or with orchestral accompaniment, some of which were performed in a concert at the Lyceum in Rome in 1912, conducted by the composer herself. She also wrote symphonic sketches, dramatic scenes, and a lyric poem for solo voices, choirs, and orchestra, entitled "Orfeo." She has also completed a fantastic opera in two scenes, entitled "La Figlia dei Salci," with a libretto by her sister Margherita Beloch, and prepared two other operas, each in three acts, entitled "Liana," a musical fairy tale, and "Inga," a Nordic legend.