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Luigi Dallapiccola and Musical Modernism in Fascist Italy
Ben Earle
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Description for Luigi Dallapiccola and Musical Modernism in Fascist Italy
hardcover. Ben Earle's study explores twentieth-century music and politics in two of their most extreme forms: modernism and fascism. Series: Music Since 1900. Num Pages: 316 pages, 67 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 195 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
Luigi Dallapiccola is widely considered a defining figure in twentieth-century Italian musical modernism, whose compositions bear passionate witness to the historical period through which he lived. In this book, Ben Earle focuses on three major works by the composer: the one-act operas Volo di notte ('Night Flight') and Il prigioniero ('The Prisoner'), and the choral Canti di prigionia ('Songs of Imprisonment'), setting them in the context of contemporary politics to trace their complex path from fascism to resistance. Earle also considers the wider relationship between musical modernism and Italian fascism, exploring the origins of musical modernism and investigating its place ... Read more
Luigi Dallapiccola is widely considered a defining figure in twentieth-century Italian musical modernism, whose compositions bear passionate witness to the historical period through which he lived. In this book, Ben Earle focuses on three major works by the composer: the one-act operas Volo di notte ('Night Flight') and Il prigioniero ('The Prisoner'), and the choral Canti di prigionia ('Songs of Imprisonment'), setting them in the context of contemporary politics to trace their complex path from fascism to resistance. Earle also considers the wider relationship between musical modernism and Italian fascism, exploring the origins of musical modernism and investigating its place ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Series
Music Since 1900
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521844031
SKU
V9780521844031
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About Ben Earle
Ben Earle is a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, where he teaches the history, analysis and aesthetics of music. Before moving to Birmingham he completed a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and held a Junior Research Fellowship at St John's College, Oxford. His research interests lie in Italian and British music of the mid-twentieth century and his articles ... Read more
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