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(El-da-bran’-do Pid-zet’-te) 1880–1968 Italian composer Like many Italian composers of his generation, Pizzetti was more influenced by older music than by the recent Italian past; he was little affected by trends post-Debussy. He wrote in most musical forms, but is best known for his operas. With dignified solo writing rooted in Monteverdi and sonorously effective choral scenes, they ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

of musicians. The French pianist 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. ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

, is neo-classical, athletically energetic and graceful. Recommended Recording: The Incredible Flutist, New York PO (cond) Leonard Bernstein (Sony) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Ildebrando Pizzetti | Modern Era | Classical ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

, in which we hear one end only of a telephone conversation between a woman and her soon-to-be ex-lover. Post-war operas by Hindemith, Carl Orff (1895–1982), Milhaud and Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), although varying in significance, can be seen as continuations of a pre-war tradition. Although in some senses Il prigioniero (‘The Prisoner’, 1950) by Dallapiccola returned to the concerns ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie
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