He was an Italian composer. He studied music with Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. In 1884, he moved to London, taught singing privately, and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898, where he taught for two decades. He died in London in 1922. Other than writing songs and music, Denza's enduring legacy was his judging of James Joyce, who was a singer before he became a world-famous novelist.
