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Luigi Dallapiccola


 

Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904February 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