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Luigi Dallapiccola

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. He was born to Italian parents in Pisino d’Istria, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (currently Pazin, Croatia). He obtained his piano degree at the Florence Conservatory in the 1920’s and became professor there, teaching lessons in piano as a secondary instrument until his 1967 retirement. Beginning in 1956 he also taught several semesters of composition at Queens College. During World War II he had twice been forced into hiding, continuing his touring as a recitalist only in countries not occupied by the Nazis. Dallapiccola was the first Italian composer to embrace the serial techniques of the Second Viennese School, which he had encountered in the 1930’s. His most famous work is the one-act opera Il prigioniero (1944-48), which tells the story of a political prisoner whose jailer allows him to escape from his cell, only to find out it has all been a cruel joke. The opera’s outlook reflects Dallapiccola’s disillusionment with fascism, which he had supported when Mussolini first came into power. Much of Dallapiccola’s work comprises songs for solo voice and instrumental accompaniment. His touch with instrumentation is noted for its impressionistic sensuality and soft textures, heavy on sustained notes by woodwinds and strings.

ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY:

Il prigioniero.
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; University of Maryland Chorus.; National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.); Mazzieri, Maurizio.; Barrera, Giulia, 1942-; Emili, Romano.; Carelli, Gabor.; Harrell, Ray Evans, 1941-; Dorati, Antal.
LP 6450

Job : una sacra rappresentazione
Dallapiccola, Luigi
Oversize M2000 .D24 J6

Luigi Dallapiccola and musical modernism in Fascist Italy
Earle, Ben
ML410 .D14 E27 2013

The music of Luigi Dallapiccola
Fearn, Raymond
ML410 .D14 F43 2003

The solo piano music
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Monetti, Mariaclara.; Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840.; Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968.
Circulating CD 1740

The twelve-tone music of Luigi Dallapiccola
Alegant, Brian
ML410 .D14 A78 2010

ADDITIONAL LIBRARY RESOURCES:

Cinque frammenti di Saffo : per una voce e orchestra da camera
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M1613.3 .D2 F7 1996

Commiato, per una voce di soprano e complesso da camera (1972)
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M1613.3 .D2 C65

Divertimento : in quattro esercizi : per una voce di soprano, flauto (con ottavino), oboe, clarinetto, viola e violoncello
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M1613.3 .D2 D58 1956

Divertimento in quattro esercizi Rencesvals. Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado. Cinque canti.
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Arch Ensemble.; Dudley, Anna Carol.; Hughes, Robert, 1933-; Buckner, Thomas, 1941-; Tartak, Marvin
LP 8425

Due cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane : (prima serie) ; Canti di prigionia ; Musica per tre pianoforti : (Inni) ; Estate : frammento di Alceo
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Chœur contemporain d’Aix-en-Provence.; Percussions de Strasbourg.; Vieuxtemps, Janine.; Conil, Roland.; Raynaut, Jacques.; Hayrabedian, Roland.
Circulating CD 5572

Due studi per violino e pianoforte
Dallapiccola, Luigi
X M221 .D25 S78

Invocazione di Boezio : per voci femminili e alcuni strumenti
Dallapiccola, Luigi
Oversize X M1543.5 .D34 C364 1941

Liriche greche ; Divertimento in quattro esercizi ; Piccola musica notturna
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Australia Ensemble.; Manning, Jane.; Hair, Graham.; Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.
Circulating CD 1786

L’opera di Luigi Dallapiccola : catalogo ragionato
Ruffini, Mario
ML134 .D23 R84 2002

Orchestral works
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Orchestra sinfonica nazionale della RAI.; Queyras, Jean-Guihen, 1967-; Rophé, Pascal, 1960-
Circulating CD 5522

Parole di San Paolo : per una voce media e alcuni strumenti (1964) : riduzione per canto e pianoforte.
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M2104 .D28 P3

Il prigioniero
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Trio di Trieste.; St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale (Berlin, Germany). Chor.; Berliner Philharmoniker.; Südwestfunk (Baden-Baden, Germany). Orchester.; Werth, Helene.; Wächter, Eberhard.; Krebs, Helmut.; Brünning, Lothar.; Ohlshausen, Hans.; Ginsberg, Ernst.; Rosbaud, Hans, 1895-1962.; Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de, 1838-1889.; Coster, Charles de, 1827-1879.; Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.; Ghedini, Giorgio Federico, 1892-1965.
Circulating CD 4326

Il prigioniero ; Canti di prigionia
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975, composer.; Sveriges radioskören, singer.; Eric Ericsons kammarkör, singer.; Sveriges radios symfoniorkester, instrumentalist.; Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.; Boethius, -524.; Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.; Bryn-Julson, Phyllis, singer.; Hynninen, Jorma, 1941- singer.; Haskin, Howard, singer.; Alexandersson, Sven-Erik, singer.; Wedin, Lage, singer.; Salonen, Esa-Pekka, 1958- conductor.; Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de, 1838-1889.; Coster, Charles de, 1827-1879.
Circulating CD 3614

Il prigioniero : un prologo e un atto 
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Österreichischer Rundfunk. Chor.; Österreichischer Rundfunk. Symphonie-Orchester.; Poli, Liliana.; English, Gerald.; Krenn, Werner.; Wächter, Eberhard.; Bösch, Christian, 1941-; Preinfalk, Gottfried.; Melles, Carl, 1926-2004.
LP 6270 

Sex carmina Alcaei, una voce canenda, nonnullis comitantibus musicis. Canones diversi, motu recto contrarioque, simplices ac duplices, cancrizantes, etc., super seriem unam tonorum duodecim.
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M1613.3 .D2 C27

The solo piano music
Materassi, Sandro.; Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.; Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.; Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.
Circulating CD 3702

Three questions with two answers (1962)
Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; BBC Symphony Orchestra.; Peskó, Zoltán.; Maderna, Bruno
Circulating CD 410

Tre laudi, per una voce acuta e orchestra da camera, 1936-1937
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M2104 .D28 L3

Variazioni per orchestra
Dallapiccola, Luigi
M1003 .D14 V3 1954

Wuorinen, Dallapiccola & Messiaen song cycles.
Bryn-Julson, Phyllis.; Markham, Mark.; Wuorinen, Charles.; Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975.; Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992.
Schwarz CD 1609

NON-LIBRARY RESOURCES:

Former Music Faculty Exhibit

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