Alfredo Casella

Alfredo Casella (Turin, July 25 1883 - Rome, March 5 1947) was an Italian composer.

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He entered the conservatory in Paris in 1896 to study piano under Louis Di?mer and composition under Gabriel Faur?. Back in Italy during the World War I he began teaching piano at the Accademi di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

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In 1923, together with Gabriele D'Annunzio and Gian Francesco Malipiero from Venice, he founded an association to promote the spread of modern Italian music, the "Corporation of the New Music".

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The resurrection of Vivaldi's works in the 20th century is mostly thanks to the efforts of Alfredo Casella, who in 1939, organised the now historic Vivaldi Week. Since then, Vivaldi's compositions have enjoyed almost universal success, and the advent of historically informed performance has all but catapulted him to stardom once again. In 1947, the Venetian businessman Antonio Fanna founded the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi, with the composer Gian Francesco Malipiero as its artistic director, with the purpose of promoting Vivaldi's music and putting out new editions of his works.

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The generation of the '80 (Alfano, Casella, Malipiero, Pizzetti, Respighi) is really an important step, going to heavily influence the following years, also with important interactions in literature and painting. Casella, who was especially passionate about painting, was therefore able to accumulate an important collection of art.

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July 25: July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining....

1883: 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar)....

Rome: Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. It is located on the Tiber and Aniene rivers, near the Mediterranean Sea, at . The Vatican City, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope....

Alfredo Casella related Images and Photos (experimental)

Fettuccini Alfredo

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974