Luigi Dallapiccola, America, and the Unlocking of Visionary Creativity

Auteur

Mario Ruffini is a musicologist, conductor, and composer.

Franco Sciannameo is College of Fine Arts Distinguished Scholar & Teaching Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University.

Texte du rabat

"This book examines Luigi Dallapiccola's groundbreaking works created alongside the masterpieces of many Florentine artists and literati who guided his daily steps and his embrace of twelve-tone serialism as a spiritual dogma"--

Contenu

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The "Epiphanies" of Luigi Dallapiccola

Chapter 1: Laura

Behind the Scenes of Luigi Dallapiccola's Twelve-Tone Music

Chapter 2: Entwurf

Ferruccio Busoni's "Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music" and the Italian translation by Laura and Luigi Dallapiccola

Chapter 3: America

Luigi Dallapiccola in the United States: Residencies, Students, Commissions, Premieres, and Honors

Valentina Bensi

Chapter 4: Pittsburgh 1952: The World Premiere of "Quaderno musicale di Annalibera" with an analytical essay

Marco Mazzè Alessi

Concluding Thoughts: The Synthetic and Raisonnè Catalogs of Luigi Dallapiccola's Works: A 30-year Journey

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors