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Author Waterhouse, John C. G

Title Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) : the Life, Times and Music of a Wayward Genius
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (453 pages)
Series Contemporary Music Studies
Contemporary music studies.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction to the series; List of plates; Preface; Preface to the Italian edition; Part One: Life and Times; I Introduction; II To 1906; III 1906-14; IV 1914-22; V 1922-30; VI 1930-39; VII 1939-49; VIII 1949-60; IX 1960-73; Part Two: The Works; I General characteristics: ideas, obsessions and formative influences; II Early works, up to the Poemetti lunari and Impressioni dal vero I; III Transition and uncertainty, 1911-15: Impressioni dal vero II
IV The years of crisis (1916-19): instrumental works, notably Pause del silenzio I and the Ditirambo tragicoV The years of crisis: stage works, especially Pantea and Sette canzoni; first stock-taking; VI Post-war stabilization, 1920-22: Rispetti e strambotti, Tre commedie goldoniane, San Francesco d' Assisi, etc.; VII Renewed uncertainty, 1923-7: Le stagioni italiche, Filomela e l'Infatuato, etc.; VIII The period of Torneo notturno: 1928-9; IX The new manner of the 1930s (1930-33): instrumental music, especially the First Violin Concerto and First Symphony
X The operatic crisis at the beginning of the 1930s: I trionfi d' Amore and La favola del figlio cambiatoXI Consolidation of the new manner (1934-40): the Shakespeare and Euripides operas; XII Consolidation of the new manner (1934-40): non-theatrical works; second stock-taking; XIII 1941-44: the operas, especially I capricci di Callot; XIV 1941-44: other works, especially Vergilii Aeneis; XV The principal group of symphonies (1945-8); XVI Other works of the period 1945-8, including the Third Piano Concerto and Stradivario
XVII The transition to the final period (1): Mondi celesti e infernali and various lesser compositions (1948-50)XVIII The transition to the final period (2): two unnumbered symphonies; EI mondo novo (1950-51); XIX The transition to the final period (3): II figliuol prodigo, Fantasie di ogni giorno, etc. (1952-4); XX The transition to the final period (4): the operas of the years 1953-5, especially Venere prigioniera; XXI The Dialoghi (1955-6); third stock-taking; XXII L'Ottavo dialogo and the 'rappresentazioni da concerto' (1957-60)
XXIII Other works of 1957-60: Notturno di canti e balli, etc. XXIV The early 1960s: non-theatrical works, notably Macchine and Ave Phoebe, dum queror; XXV The early 1960s: theatre works, especially Le metamorfosi di Bonaventura; XXVI The last years, from 1966 onwards: non-theatrical works, including the last three symphonies and L'Aredodese; XXVII The stage works completed in the late 1960s, especially Gli eroi di Bonaventura and Il marescalco; XXVIII Uno dei Dieci and L'Iscariota; fourth stock-taking and epilogue; Catalogue of Malipiero's music and books
Summary First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Notes Abbreviations and select bibliography
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Subject Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973 fast
Subject Composers -- Italy -- Biography
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
Composers
Italy
Genre/Form Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134409174
1134409176