Alphabet associations - I

[Resurrection Man]

Flay is correct. Dallapicolla isn't who I had in mind. Mine is more obscure

[Flay]

Philip Pedrell (Sabaté) 18 February 1841 - 19 August 1922 Catalan composer. Wrote an opera Quasimodo

[Flay]

Perhaps the third is the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928)? 'Oboe Sommerso*' for baritone and five instruments with words by Salvatore Quasimodo

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe_sommerso

* Sommerso = submerged

http://www.italialibri.net/opere/oboesommerso.html

[hedgehog]

Perhaps the third is the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928)? 'Oboe Sommerso*' for baritone and five instruments with words by Salvatore Quasimodo

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe_sommerso

* Sommerso = submerged

http://www.italialibri.net/opere/oboesommerso.html

But it has to be a composer who was born and died in the 20th Century no? I wouldn't say Morricone (who is still alive I thought) is more obscure than Dallapiccola either! I was thinking also of Castiglioni or Donatoni, but then I wouldn't call them obscure either

[Flay]

But it has to be a composer who was born and died in the 20th Century no? I wouldn't say Morricone (who is still alive I thought) is more obscure than Dallapiccola either! I was thinking also of Castiglioni or Donatoni, but then I wouldn't call them obscure either

Good point, hodge. I think I found who it might have been earlier this morning but have lost the reference

[Resurrection Man]

Philip Pedrell (Sabaté) 18 February 1841 - 19 August 1922 Catalan composer. Wrote an opera Quasimodo

[Resurrection Man]

Our Italian was born in Roma.

[Flay]

Perhaps Luca Lombardi - born 24 December 1945 in Rome?

Alle fronde dei Salici, for 12 voices (to texts by Salvatore Quasimodo)

[Flay]

Just as an aside - I was amused when searching Pavane to find this album: "Classical Music for Babies"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classical-Music-for-Babies/dp/B004PRUHY8

It features the track Pavane pour une infante défunte!

[hedgehog]

yes a bit like looking at "Airport" onboard a 'plane

My amusement on Quasimodo and "the hunch" is this: http://www.robertloerzel.com/article.../hunchback.htm

Talk about weird associations!

Lombardi btw is still alive and kicking. Petrassi made it into the 21st Century (2003) I don't know who it is.

[Flay]

yes a bit like looking at "Airport" onboard a 'plane

My amusement on Quasimodo and "the hunch" is this: http://www.robertloerzel.com/article.../hunchback.htm

Talk about weird associations!

Lombardi btw is still alive and kicking. Petrassi made it into the 21st Century (2003) I don't know who it is.

Very weird! I feel I've tried my hardest. Once more we await the Resurrection.

[Resurrection Man]

Well, you guys have certainly done this justice.

The Italian composer that I had in mind was Guido Turchi who was born in 1916. (I do note that a post by Hog mentioned living and dying although that was not my intention and so my sincere apologies if that threw any of you off).

Anyway, as a composer Turchi’s first successes included the Due poesie di Quasimodo for voice and piano, with which he won the Galleria del Secolo prize and Invettiva for small choir and two pianos, which was awarded the prize of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana in 1947.

In his early works, Turchi established an advanced musical language sometimes close to the 12-tone system without embracing it wholeheartedly. His Trio (1945), for example, displays a constructivist and contrapuntal rigour without excluding the use of expressive, non-serial motivic material.

It says in Oxford Music. A piece of his work can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYLOxOIOrew

I'm not sure who takes the laurels?

[hedgehog]

Thanks RM, never heard of him!

Flay takes the honours by a length at least!

[Flay]

Flay takes the honours by a length at least!

OK then, an R:

A composition done for the money, not for the love of the work; another from a Demented composer; and a third while listening to the birds of the forest

[Flay]

The first work is a concert overture by an early 19th century composer