Riccardo Malipiero

Riccardo Malipiero ( born July 24, 1914 in Milan, † November 27, 2003 ) was an Italian composer, pianist and music teacher.

The son of the cellist Riccardo Malipiero began studying piano at the Conservatory of Milan in 1932 and from 1937 composition at the Conservatory of Turin. He also took composition lessons with his uncle Gian Francesco Malipiero. From 1935 to 1947 he was a lecturer at the Liceo Musicale " Vincenzo APPIANI ". From 1979 he taught at the Liceo Musicale city of Varese.

Malipiero initially composed works in free atonality, before turning towards 1945, the twelve-tone technique. He is considered one of the pioneers of twelve-tone music in Italy, which he propagated in articles in music magazines, books and lectures. In 1949 he organized the First Congress for twelve-tone music in Milan, in which among others John Cage, Luigi Dallapiccola, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, René Leibowitz, Bruno Maderna and Camillo Togni participated.

1969 represented Malipiero Italy at the VII Congress of UNESCO in Moscow. For his services he was awarded in 1977 by the City of Milan, in 1984 by the city of Varese with a gold medal.

Works

  • Minnie la candida ( his own libretto by Massimo Bontempelli ), opera, 1942
  • Cantata sacra for letters of Catherine of Siena, 1947
  • Prima Sinfonia 1949
  • La donna e mobile, opera, 1954
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Dimitri ( Dimitri Mitropoulos dedicated ), 1961
  • Battono alla porta, television opera, 1961
  • Nykteghersia for orchestra, 1962
  • Requiem for Orchestra, 1975
  • Loneliness for soprano and large orchestra, 1989
  • Meridiana for soprano and 17 instruments, 1990
  • Liederétudes for soprano and piano, 1991
  • Dalla prigione un suono, 1993
  • Voicequintet for soprano and string quartet, 1994

Swell

  • Anne -Marie Turcotte: In memoria di Riccardo Malipiero
  • Schott Music - Riccardo Malipiero
  • Answers.com - Riccardo Malipiero
  • John CG Waterhouse: Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973): the life, times and music of a wayward genius, Taylor & Francis, 1999, ISBN 9057022109, p 7
  • Italian composer
  • Born in 1914
  • Died in 2003
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