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(Jan Fran-cha-sko Ma-le-pe-a’-ro) 1882–1973 Italian composer Although he is deemed to have been unevenly prolific, Malipiero was described by his younger contemporary Dallapiccola as the most important figure in Italian music since Puccini. He was influenced by Stravinsky, no less radically by his discovery of early Italian music – Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) and Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), both of whose ...

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hitherto-insuperable limitations of a pianist’s 10 fingers. Among noted figures who took advantage of this to write directly for the new instrument were Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973), Herbert Howells (1892–1983), and the American Conlon Nancarrow (1912–97), who decided to devote his entire output to the medium, as it allowed him incredible precision beyond the gift ...

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Love’, 1910). Recommended Recording: Das Land des Lächelns, soloists, Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO (cond) Willi Boskovsky (EMI/Warner) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Gian Francesco Malipiero | Modern Era | Classical ...

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• Turn of the Century

Raoul Pugno and the composer Nadia Boulanger collaborated on a setting of his La ville morte (La città morta), and various Italian composers including Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968) and Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973) set his works for the stage. Most interesting is his Parisina (1913), which was intended for Puccini but was instead taken up by Mascagni. Introduction | Turn of the ...