Luigi Dallapiccola

Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions.

Selected works

• Musica per tre pianoforti (1935), three pianos
• Tre laudi (1936-7), voice and 13 instruments
• Volo di Notte (1938), one-act opera
• Canti di prigionia (1938-41), opera
• Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux (1939-41), piano and chamber orchestra
• Liriche Greche (1942-5),
• Marsia (1943), ballet
• Il prigionero (1944-8), opera.
• Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado (1948), soprano and piano
• Job (1950), opera
• Tartiniana (1951), violin and orchestra
• Canti di liberazione (1951-5), opera.
• Quaderno musicale di Annalibera (1952), solo piano, featuring the BACH motif
• An Mathilde (1955), soprano and orchestra
• Tartiniana seconda (1955-6), violin and orchestra
• Cinque canti (1956), baritone and 8 instruments
• Requiescant (1957-8), chorus and orchestra
• Three Questions With Two Answers (1962), orchestra
• Preghiere (1962), baritone and chamber orchestra
• Ulisse (1960-8), opera
• Sicut umbra (1970), mezzo-soprano and 12 instruments

Books

• Dallapiccola on Opera, Selected writings of Luigi Dallapiccola, Vol 1, Toccata Press (1987)
• Dallapiccola on Music and Musicians, Selected writings of Luigi Dallapiccola, Vol. 2, Toccata Press