Bruno Maderna - His Life and Music

Bruno Maderna, one of the most influential composers in the 20th century and a formidable conductor, was the oldest of a notable group of Italian composers who began their careers shortly before the Second World War. Many details of this biography are based on his correspondences and reports of his engagements across the world.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter I: From Birth to the End of the War
Chapter II: From Venice to Darmstadt
Chapter III: Between Milan and Darmstadt
Chapter IV: Musica ex Machina
Photo Album
Chapter V: The Crisis of Total Serialism
Chapter VI: Changes in Life and Writing in the Sixties
Chapter VII: The Hyperion Cycle
Chapter VIII: The American Years
Bibliography
Bibliographic Abbreviations
Index of Cities, etc.
Index of Names
Index of Works

About the author

Rossana Dalmonte began her academic career at Bologna University asassistant professor of history of music. From 1987 to 2008, she was full professor of musicology at Trento University, where she also directed an international PhD in “music sciences.” She founded the Istituto Liszt in Bologna and became director of the Institute’s periodicals Quaderni dell’Istituto Liszt and Rarità Lisztiane. Mario Baroni was formerly director of the department of music at Bologna University. He founded the Italian association for the analysis and theory of music (GATM), and for three years was president of the European Society for the Study of Cognitive Aspects of Music (ESCOM).

Summary

Bruno Maderna, one of the most influential composers in the 20th century and a formidable conductor, was the oldest of a notable group of Italian composers who began their careers shortly before the Second World War. Many details of this biography are based on his correspondences and reports of his engagements across the world.

Product details

• Authors: Mario Baroni, Rossana Dalmonte, Rossana Baroni Dalmonte, Dalmonte Rossana
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781538172292
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7229-2
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, History of Music, Musicians, singers, bands & groups, Music reviews & criticism, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Composers & songwriters, Art music, orchestral & formal music, Classical style