Luigi Dallapiccola

Luigi Dallapiccola ( born February 3, 1904 in Mitterburg (now Pazin in Istria ), † February 19, 1975 in Florence) was an Italian composer.

His operas are now considered modern classics. His achievements include, among others, the introduction of the twelve-tone technique in Italy. However, these twelve-tone technique does not follow the "traditional" rules by Arnold Schoenberg, but is rather a motif to understand. His compositional style is also characterized by an impressive counterpoint to Johann Sebastian Bach and Italian models based ( Tartiniana ). Dallapiccola was known primarily for the premiere of the orchestral work with soprano solo Partita ( 1933). Throughout his oeuvre, which includes about four dozen works, vocal music occupies the most significant position.

Although he initially impressed by the great power fantasies Gabriele D' Annunzio was found - he set, inter alia, in 1930 the " Kvarner song" (Italian: La Canzone del Quarnaro ), in which the claim of Italy to Istria, Dalmatia and the Adriatic islands is sung - referred he still clearer in later years positionings to political and social issues in his work. Examples of this are the anti-fascist Canti di prigionia (1938-1941, songs of captivity ) and the Canti di Liberation (1951-1955, songs of liberation).

However, focus of Dallapiccola's oeuvre was the genre of opera, which he used in a very Italian sense by not goodbye to her by the custom of the bel canto, but those used in light of the twelve-tone technique and of counterpoint in a way that the lyric as those of Alban Berg and Schoenberg anmutet.

In 1973 he was awarded an Antonio Feltrinelli Prize.

Works (selection)

  • Fiuri de tapo for voice and piano, text: Biagio Marin ( 1925)
  • Caligo for voice and piano, text: Biagio Marin ( 1926)
  • Dalla mia terra for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (1928 )
  • Due liriche del Kalevala for tenor, baritone, chamber choir and four percussionists ( 1930)
  • La canzone del Quarnaro for tenor and male chorus (1930 )
  • Partita for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1930-1932)
  • Estate for male choir a cappella (1932 )
  • Tre studi for soprano and chamber orchestra ( 1932)
  • Rapsodia for voice and chamber orchestra (1932-1933)
  • Be cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti (the younger ) ( 1933-1936 )
  • Divertimento in quattro esercizi for soprano and five instruments ( 1934)
  • Musica per tre pianoforti ( Inni ) for 3 Pianos (1935 )
  • Tre laudi for soprano or tenor and 13 instruments ( 1936 to 1937 )
  • Canti di prigionia for mixed choir and instruments (1938-1941)
  • Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux for piano and orchestra (1939-1941)
  • Volo di notte, opera in one act Text by the composer ( according to Vol de nuit by Antoine de Saint -Exupery) (1940 )
  • Cinque frammenti di Saffo for soprano and chamber orchestra, in the translation of Salvatore Quasimodo (1942 )
  • Tre episodic dal balletto " Marsia " for piano (1942-1943)
  • Canonica Sonatina for Piano on Caprices by Paganini (1942-1943)
  • Marsia, balletto drammatico in un atto (1943 )
  • Sex carmina Alcaei for soprano and 11 instruments, in the translation of Salvatore Quasimodo (1943 )
  • Il Prigioniero, opera in one act, libretto by the composer ( La torture by Auguste de Villiers de L' Isle- Adam ) ( 1944-1948 )
  • Due liriche di Anacreonte for soprano and instruments, in the translation of Salvatore Quasimodo (1945 )
  • Ciaccona, intermezzo e adagio for cello solo ( 1945)
  • Rencesvals: Trois Fragments de la Chanson de Roland for voice and piano (1946 )
  • Due pezzis for Orchestra (Arrangement of due Studi for violin and piano) ( 1946-1947 )
  • Due studi for Violin and Piano ( 1947)
  • Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado for voice and piano (1948 )
  • Tre poemi for soprano and chamber orchestra, texts by James Joyce, Michelangelo Buonarroti and Manuel Machado (also for voice and piano) (1949 )
  • Job rappresentazione sacra for soloists, speaker, chorus and orchestra, text by the composer (according to the book of Job ) ( 1950)
  • Tartiniana for Violin and Orchestra, on themes of Tartini (1951 )
  • Canti di Liberation for choir and orchestra (1951-1955)
  • Quaderno musicale di Anna Libera for piano (1952 )
  • Goethe songs for female voice and three clarinets (1953 )
  • Piccola musica notturna for orchestra (also for chamber ensemble) (1954 )
  • Variazioni for Orchestra (Arrangement of Quaderno musicale di Anna Libera for Piano) (1954 )
  • At Mathilde for female voice and orchestra Text: Heinrich Heine ( 1955)
  • Tartiniana seconda for Violin and Orchestra, on themes of Tartini (1956 )
  • Tartiniana seconda for violin and piano on themes by Tartini (1956 )
  • Concerto per la notte di Natale dell'anno 1956 for chamber orchestra and soprano, texts by Jacopone da Todi ( 1956-1957 )
  • Cinque canti for baritone and instruments on Greek Poetry in Translation of Salvatore Quasimodo (1956 )
  • Requiescant for mixed choir, children's choir and orchestra, lyrics by Oscar Wilde and James Joyce (1957-1958)
  • Dialogues for cello and orchestra (1959-1960)
  • Piccola musica notturna, octet version (flute, oboe, clarinet, celesta, harp, violin, viola and cello) (1961 )
  • Preghiere for baritone and chamber ensemble, text: Murilo Mendes (1962 )
  • Three questions with two answers for Orchestra ( 1962)
  • Parole di San Paolo for mezzo-soprano and 11 instruments on the first letter to the Corinthians (1964 )
  • Ulisse opera in two acts with a prologue, libretto by the composer ( by Homer ) (1968, his opus summum )
  • Sicut Umbra ... for mezzo-soprano and 15 instruments, text: Juan Ramón Jiménez (1970 )
  • Tempus destruendi - Tempus Aedificandi for mixed choir a cappella (1970-1971)
  • Commiato for soprano and 15 performers, Text: Brunetto Latini (1972 )
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