Luigi Dallapiccola, America, and the Unlocking of Visionary Creativity

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Franco Sciannameo, Mario Ruffini Mario Ruffini, Mario Ruffini Sciannameo Mario Ruffini, Mario Ruffini Mario Ruffini, Franco Sciannameo, Sciannameo Franco
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666948684
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-868-4
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Composition, Music reviews & criticism, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, Classical style, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Music composition