question: The Swan of Catania was taught by what Italian composer?
answer: Giovanni Furno
context: Title: Catania Cathedral
  Passage: Catania Cathedral (Italian: "Duomo di Catania; Cattedrale di Sant'Agata" ), dedicated to Saint Agatha, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.  It was the seat of the Bishops of Catania until 1859, when the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese, and since then has been the seat of the Archbishops of Catania.
  Title: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
  Passage: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (Italian: "aeroporto internazionale Vincenzo Bellini di Catania-Fontanarossa" , English: Catania International Airport) (IATA: CTA, ICAO: LICC) also named as Vincenzo Bellini Airport, is an international airport 2.3 NM southwest of Catania, the second largest city on the Italian island of Sicily.  It is named after the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini who was born in Catania.
  Title: Vincenzo Bellini
  Passage: Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (] ; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
  Title: Province of Catania
  Passage: The Province of Catania (Italian: "Provincia di Catania" ; Sicilian: "Pruvincia di Catania" ) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy.  Its capital was the city of Catania.  It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Catania starting from 4 August 2015.  The province had a total population of 1,054,778.
  Title: Catanese
  Passage: Catanese is an Italian surname, meaning literally "Catanian", "from the city of Catania" or "from the province of Catania" (Catania is the capital of the Province of Catania, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy).  Notable people with the surname include:
  Title: Martino Frontini
  Passage: Martino Frontini (Catania, 1827 – Catania, 1909) was an Italian composer and writer who worked with many Catanian musicians in the second half of the nineteenth century; he was the father, and first teacher, of composer Francesco Paolo Frontini.  He founded the town band, which he led for thirty years; he also directed the band of the regional hospital during his career.  He composed numerous works, becoming especially known for his waltzes; in larger forms, he wrote a three-act lyric opera ("Marco Bozzari"), an ""azione coreografica"" ("Fatima") and a fantastic operetta ("La Rivolta dell'Olimpo").  As a writer he published a biography of Pietro Antonio Coppola in 1876.  He died in Catania in 1909.
  Title: Francesco Paolo Frontini
  Passage: Francesco Paolo Frontini (Catania, August 6, 1860 – Catania, July 26, 1939) was an Italian composer.  He studied music with his father, composer Martino Frontini; he also studied the violin with Santi D'Amico, playing a concert with him at the town concert hall at the age of 13.  At 15 his first composition, a "Qui tollis", was played at the city cathedral, under the direction of Pietro Antonio Coppola.  In 1875 Frontini matriculated at the conservatory in Palermo, where he studied with Pietro Platania; from there he passed to the conservatory in Naples, where he received his diploma in composition under the tuition of Lauro Rossi.
  Title: Giovanni Furno
  Passage: Giovanni Furno (Capua, January 1, 1748 – Naples , June 20, 1837) was an Italian composer and famous music teacher.  Among his students were Vincenzo Bellini and Saverio Mercadante.  He was unanimously considered the best teacher in Naples.  His primer on partimenti, called "Easy, short, and plain method of the first and essential rules for the accompaniment of unfigured partimenti" was an extremely popular textbook and was reprinted many times.
  Title: Giovanni Pacini
  Passage: Giovanni Pacini (11 February 17966 December 1867) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas.  The family was of Tuscan origin, and just happened to be in Catania when the composer was born.
  Title: Metropolitan City of Catania
  Passage: The Metropolitan City of Catania (Italian: "Città metropolitana di Catania" ) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, Italy.  Its capital is the city of Catania.  It replaced the Province of Catania and comprises the city of Catania and other 57 municipalities ("comuni").
citations: Giovanni Furno Vincenzo Bellini