| The Music of Luigi Dallapiccola Contributor(s): Fearn, Raymond (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580463479 ISBN-13: 9781580463478 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $37.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Instruction & Study - Composition |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (1.10 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) was one of the most important Italian composers of the twentieth century. As well as writing several operas, he composed a large number of works in which the human voice, whether in solo or in chorus, plays an important role. Dallapiccola also set texts by writers as diverse as James Joyce, Salvatore Quasimodo, Antonio Machado, Goethe, and Heine. This book is the first in English to deal with Dallapiccola as a whole, from the first, hesitant vocal compositions of his student years up to the works of his last decade, in which Italian lyricism is combined with great formal rigor. The author suggests that Dallapiccola should be understood not only as an influential figure in the post-war developments of Italian music, but also as one who renewed and revitalized the older traditions of Italian music. Raymond Fearn is Professor of Music, Keele University. |