Pietro Platania

[1] Platania was born at Catania and was a student of Pietro Raimondi at the Palermo Conservatory.

[2] Beginning in 1882, he was the maestro di cappella of Milan Cathedral, and from 1885 to 1902, he served as the director of the Naples Conservatory.

As a composer, he was known for his orchestral and church music.

He was considered by Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi, among others, to be the greatest master of counterpoint of his day; the latter invited him to contribute to the Messa per Rossini, for which he wrote the Sanctus.

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