Lino Liviabella

Lino Liviabella ( born April 7, 1902 in Macerata, † October 21, 1964 in Bologna ) was an Italian composer, pianist and university professor.

Liviabella came from a family of musicians. His paternal grandfather was a pupil of Rossini Livio and church musician in Tolentino, the father Oreste had studied composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, piano and organ, as well as Ottorino Respighi and was at the Cathedral of Macerata worked as a cantor. Liviabella studied literature, but soon, against the wishes of his parents, to the music. The study he financed through private piano lessons and as a pianist in movie theater.

In 1928 he was appointed conductor and piano faculty at the Liceo Musicale in Pescara, in 1931, he moved in the same function to Venice, from 1940 he was professor of counterpoint and composition at the Conservatory of Palermo.

In 1942 Liviabella finally moved to Bologna. He occupied the chair of counterpoint and composition at the Conservatory, where he later became vice director and, under the guidance of conservatories of Pesaro (1953-1959) and Parma (1959-1963), director. In 1958 he finished writing a treatise on harmony, 1964, he summed up his teaching experience, together with R. Monterosso in the work Sentir musica (, listen to music 'or ' feel ' ) together. He also wrote essays for musical journals. Among his many students were the composers Franco Donatoni and Guido Ferrara. In addition to his activities as a composer Liviabella also appeared as a pianist.

Liviabella received numerous international awards, including first prize in the National Competition of the Musicale propaganda for his Violin Sonata in A minor (1928 ), the Terza Mostra Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea 1934 for the competition Sonata in one movement for violin and piano. In 1936 he finished in second place in the category of orchestral music in the art competitions of the Olympic Summer Games in 1936 for his orchestral work Il vincitore (' The winner '), which was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic under his direction. Other major awards were the Premio San Remo (1940 ), the Premio Roma for the cantata O Crux, ave! (1950), and the Honorary Diploma of the Comitato Internazionale per l' Unità e l' universalità della Cultura (1962).

Works

  • L' usignolo e la rosa, ('The Nightingale and the Rose '), ballet based on Oscar Wilde ( 1925)
  • Favola di poeta, ballet to an act of Adriano Prandi (1935 )
  • Antigone, lyrical tragedy Text: Emidio Mucci (1941 )
  • La Conchiglia (, The Shell '), dramatic short story text: Emidio Mucci (1952 )
  • Canto di Natale ( Christmas Song '), opera to a text by Enzo Lucio Murolo (1962 )
  • Manina di neve, (, knack of snow ', 1935)
  • Sorella Chiara, (, Sister Chiara ', 1943)
  • Caterina da Siena (, Catherine of Siena ', 1947)
  • O Crux Ave!, (1950 )
  • Le sette parole di Gesù sulla Croce, ( The Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross ', 1957)
  • Monte Mario, symphonic poem (1937 )
  • La mia terra, symphonic poem ( 'My Country ', 1942)
  • Poema per pianoforte e orchestra (, seal for Piano and Orchestra ', 1952)
  • Violin Concerto (1956 )
  • Symphony in four movements for soprano and orchestra based on texts by Thomas Stearns Eliot (1963 )
  • Concerto for Orchestra (1964 )
  • Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano ( 1928)
  • Ciclica Sonata for cello and piano (1931 )
  • Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano ( 1932)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1948 )
  • Piano Trio ( 1948)
  • Viola Sonata No. 1 (1950 )
  • String Quartet No. 4 La melanconia (1955 )
  • Tre momenti for viola and piano (1956 )
  • Sette duetti Miniatura ( Miniature Seven Duets ) for violin and viola (1957 )
  • Viola Sonata No. 2 (1957 )
  • Quattro brani nuziali ( Four Wedding songs ) for viola and organ or harmonium (1961 )
Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics Integrated Authority File
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