Background
He was born in Mirandola, Modena, to the musical family of Evangelista Andreoli (1810-1875).
He was born in Mirandola, Modena, to the musical family of Evangelista Andreoli (1810-1875).
From 1876 he studied at the Milan Conservatory with Polibio Fumagalli (organ), Giovanni Rampazzini (violin) and Antonio Bazzini (composition).
He was also the brother of Carlo Andreoli. He received his earliest lessons on piano and organ from his father. He taught harmony, counterpoint and piano at the Milan Conservatory.
His pupils included Victor de Sabata.
Andreoli"s compositional legacy includes a symphonic fantasy and two overtures for orchestra, Requiem, string quartet, piano and vocal compositions. Andreoli edited the Italian edition of the works of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Weber, Ignaz Moscheles, Joachim Raff, and Chopin.
He also published a textbook of harmony (1898, in collaboration with Edgardo Codazzi) and oversaw the release of the Italian music pedagogy at the European level of theoretical training. A music school in his hometown Mirandola is named in honor of the Andreoli brothers.