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Italian 20th Century Music offers a long-needed overview of Italian music in the modern era and provides us a glimpse of forgotten musical treasures that have for too long waited re-discovery. When Guiseppe Verdi died in 1901 he left behind him a clear message: Italian music was badly in need of reform and this could only be done by ‘looking back to move forward’ – by passing over the transient developments of the 19th century to search for the real roots of Italian culture. Some composers took heed, but many clung to the opera lirica and verism of the recent past. The situation was not helped by the conservatism of Mussolini’s fascist government, which favoured writers of popular opera at the expense of innovators. The years following the Second World War saw the fall of the monarchy and a general opening up of the outside world. Despite the innate conservatism of the Italian public, which continued to hamper a full expression of Italian radicalism in music, Italian composers were at last able to express themselves freely and many began to be rightfully acknowledged by important international institutions, above all during the groundbreaking Darmstadt courses, and later in the post-serial post-modern musical culture that dominated the end of the century. From Mascagni and Tosti to Dallapiccola and Petrassi, from Maderna, Berio and Nono to Morricone, Einaudi and Fedele, this is an intriguing account of a tumultuous century and an important contribution to the history of music in the 20th century.

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Author:   Michael Webb
Publisher:   Kahn & Averill
Imprint:   Kahn & Averill
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.215kg
ISBN:  

9781871082890

ISBN 10:   1871082897
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   03 December 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. The Twilight of Italian Melodrama Verdi, Bioto, Smareglia, Franchetti, Montemezzi, Gnecchi, Tosti, Denza, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Cilea, Mascagni, Puccini, Alfano, Zandonai, Wolf-Ferrari, Pick-Mangiagalli, Perosi. 2. Pioneers and revolutionaries Faccio, Sgambati, Martucci, Setaccioli, M E Bossi, Sinigaglia, Busoni, Pratella, Russolo. 3. The dawn of a new era Santoliquido, Tommasini, Torrefranco, R Bossi, Respighi, Pizetti, De Sabata, Gui, Malipiero, Casella, Savinio. 4. A fascist interlude Mulè, Lualdi, Marinuzzi, Blanc, Liviabella, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Rieti, Massarini, Toscanini. 5. Towards a modern idiom Labroca, Ghedini, Veretti, Pilato, Salviucci, Dallapiccola, Petrassi, Rota, Menotti, Tosatti, L Chailly. 6. Darmstadt and beyond Togni, Nono, Maderna, Donatoni, A Clementi, Evangelisti, Pennisi, Guaccero, Scelsi. 7. The good, the bad and the popular Modugno, Garinei & Giovannini, Marini, Gaslini, Berio, Gentilucci, Manzoni, Bussotti, Castiglioni, Chiari, Morricone. 8. New venture. old themes Panni, Solbiati, Sinopli, Renosto, Corghi, Guanieri, Vacchi, Sbordoni, Cardi, Sciarrino, Mayr, Sollima, L Einaudi, Del Corno, Boccadoro, Ferrero, A Liberovici, Ambrosini, Grossi, Romitelli, Tutino, Battistelli, Piovani, Dalpane, Lombardi, Fedele, Gervasoni. Further reading Selected Bibliography Index

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Michael D Webb was born in Portsmouth, UK and studied music in Cambridge and London. After working as a music teacher in England, he moved to Italy in 1981 and now lives in Bologna. He currently works as a freelance translator and collaborates regularly with various Italian universtites and music publishers.

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