Alfredo Casella

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Alfredo Casella (25 July 1883 – 5 March 1947) was an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.

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Casella was born in Turin, the son of Maria (née Bordino) and Carlo Casella. His family included many musicians: his grandfather, a friend of Paganini, was first cello in the São Carlos Theatre in Lisbon and eventually became soloist in the Royal Chapel in Turin. Alfredo's father, Carlo, was also a professional cellist, as were Carlo's brothers Cesare and Gioacchino; his mother was a pianist, who gave the boy his first music lessons. Alfredo entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1896 to study piano under Louis Diémer and composition under Gabriel Fauré; in these classes, Lazare Lévy, George Enescu and Maurice Ravel were among his fellow students. During his Parisian period, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky and Manuel de Falla were acquaintances, and he was also in contact with Ferruccio Busoni, Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. Casella developed a deep admiration for Debussy's output after hearing Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune in 1898, but pursued a more romantic vein (stemming from Strauss and Mahler) in his own writing of this period, rather than turning to impressionism. His first symphony of 1905 is from this time, and it is with this work that Casella made his debut as a conductor when he…Citește mai mult

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Marriage He was married in Paris in 1921 to Yvonne Müller (Paris 1892 – Rome 1977). Their granddaughter is actress Daria Nicolodi and their great-granddaughter is actress Asia Argento. Casella, who identified for many years with the Fascist regime in Italy, found himself in conflict with it after the legislation of the Italian racial laws of 1938, his wife being Jewish of French origin. From 1943 he lived in constant fear of being torn from his wife and their daughter, who were subject to arrest and deportation. One evening, having been tipped off about a raid on their flat, the family split up and hid in the homes of friends, not to reassemble until the 'Jew hunt' had ended.

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Orchestral Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 5 (1905–6) Italia, Rapsodia per Orchestra, Op. 11 (1909) Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 12 (1908–9) Suite in C major, Op. 13 (1909–10) Suite from the Ballet Le Couvent sur l'Eau (Il Convento Veneziano), Op. 19 (1912–3) Pagine di Guerra, Op. 25bis (1918) Pupazzetti, Op. 27bis (1920) Elegia Eroica, Op. 29 (1916) Concerto per Archi, Op. 40bis (1923–4) La Giara, Suite Sinfonica, Op. 41bis (1924) Serenata per piccola orchestra, Op. 46bis (1930) Marcia Rustica, Op. 49 (1929) La Donna Serpente, Frammenti Sinfonici Seria I, Op. 50bis (1928–31) La Donna Serpente, Frammenti Sinfonici Seria II, Op. 50ter (1928–31) Introduzione, Aria e Toccata per Orchestra, Op. 55 (1933) Introduzione, Corale e Marcia, Op. 57 (1931–5) for Band, Piano, Double Basses and Percussion Concerto per Orchestra, Op. 61 (1937) Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (1939–40) Divertimento per Fulvia, Op. 64 (1940) Paganiniana: Divertimento per Orchestra, Op. 65 (1942) Concerto for Strings, Piano, Timpani, and Percussion, Op. 69 (1943)

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Concertante A notte alta, for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30bis (1921) Partita for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 42 (1924–5) Concerto Romano for Organ, Brass, Timpani, and Strings, Op. 43 (1926) commissioned for the Wanamaker Organ in New York Scarlattiana, for Piano and Small Orchestra, Op. 44 (1926) Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 48 (1928) Notturno e Tarantella for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 54 (1934) Triple Concerto, Op. 56 (1933) Cello Concerto, Op. 58 (1934–5)

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Chamber and instrumental Barcarola e Scherzo for Flute and Piano, Op. 4 (1903) Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 8 (1906) Sicilienne et Burlesque for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 (1914) Pagine di Guerra, Op. 25 (1915) Quattro 'films' musicali per pianoforte a quattro mani Pupazzetti, Op. 27 Cinque Pezzi Facili per Pianoforte a Quattro Mani (1915) Cinque Pezzi per Quartetto d'Archi, Op. 34 (1920) Concerto per Quartetto d'Archi, Op. 40 (1923–4) Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 45 (1926) Minuet from 'Scarlattiana' (1926) for Violin and Piano Serenata per Cinque Instrumenti, Op. 46 (1927) Cavatina and Gavotte from the `Serenata Italiana' (1927) for Violin and Piano Prelude and Danza Siciliana from `La Giara' (1928), for Violin and Piano Sinfonia for Piano, Violoncello, Clarinet, and Trumpet, Op. 53 (1932) Notturno for Cello and Piano (1934) Tarantella for Cello and Piano (1934) Sonata a Tre (Piano Trio), Op. 62 (1938) Harp Sonata, Op. 68 (1943)

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Piano Pavane, Op. 1 (1902) Variations sur une Chaconne, Op. 3 (1903) Toccata, Op. 6 (1904) Sarabande, Op. 10 (1908) Notturnino (1909) Berceuse triste, Op. 14 (1909) Barcarola, Op. 15 (1910) À la Manière de..., Prima Serie, Op. 17 (1911) À la Manière de..., Seconda Serie, Op. 17bis (1914) Nove Pezzi, Op. 24 (1914) Sonatina, Op. 28 (1916) A Notte Alta, Poema Musicale, Op. 30 (1917) Deux Contrastes, Op. 31 (1916–8) Inezie, Op. 32 (1918) Cocktail Dance (1918) Foxtrot per pianoforte a quattro mani (1920) Undici Pezzi Infantili, Op. 35 (1920) Due Canzoni Popolari Italiane, Op. 47 (1928) Due Ricercari sul nome B-A-C-H, Op. 52 (1932) Sinfonia, Arioso e Toccata, Op. 59 (1936) Ricercare sul Nome Guido M. Gatti (1942) Studio Sulle Terze Maggiori (1942) Sei Studi, Op. 70 (1942–44) Trois Pieces pour pianola, before 1921

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Vocal Nuageries (1903) [Jean Richepin] Five Songs, Op. 2 (1902) La Cloche Felee, Op. 7 (1904) [Baudelaire] Trois Lyriques, Op. 9 (1905) [Albert Samain, Baudelaire, Verlaine] Sonnet, Op. 16 (1910) [Ronsard] Cinque Frammenti Sinfonici per Soprano ed Orchestra da Le Convent sur l'Eau (Il Convento Veneziano), Op. 19 (1912–4) Notte di Maggio, for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 20 (1913) Due Canti, Op. 21 (1913) Deux Chansons Anciennes, Op. 22 (1912) L'Adieu à la Vie, Op. 26 (1915) for Voice and Piano L'Adieu à la Vie, Op. 26bis (1915/26) Quattro Liriche Funebri per Soprano ed Orchestra da Camera dal 'Gitanjali' di R. Tagore [Trans. A. Gide] Tre Canzoni Trecentesche, Op. 36 (1923) [Cino da Pistoia] La Sera Fiesolana, Op. 37 (1923) for Voice and Piano [D'Annunzio] Quattro Favole Romanesche, Op. 38 (1923) [Trilusso] Due Liriche, Op. 39 (1923) for Voice and Piano Tre Vocalizzi for Voice and Piano (1929) Tre Canti Sacri for Baritone and Organ, Op. 66 (1943) Tre Canti Sacri for Baritone and Small Orchestra, Op. 66bis (1943) Missa Solemnis Pro Pace, Op. 71 (1944) per Soli, Coro e Orchestra

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Stage Le Couvent sur l'Eau (Il Convento Veneziano), Op. 18 (1912–3) Ballet [J.-L. Vaudoyer] La Giara, Op. 41 (1924) Ballet [Pirandello] La donna serpente, Op. 50 (1928–31) Opera, Libretto by C.V. Ludovici after C. Gozzi La Favola d'Orfeo, Op. 51 (1932) Chamber Opera, Libretto by C. Pavolini after A. Poliziano Il Deserto Tentato, Op. 60 (1937) Mistero in Un Atto, Libretto by Pavolini La Camera dei Disegni (Balletto per Fulvia), Op. 64 (1940) Ballet La Rosa del Sogno, Op. 67 (1943) Ballet, partly after Paganiniana, Op. 65

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Writings The Evolution of Music Throughout the History of the Perfect Cadence (London, 1924) Igor Strawinsky (Rome, 1926; Alfredo Casella, Strawinski, new edition ed. by Benedetta Saglietti e Giangiorgio Satragni, preface Quirino Principe, Roma, Castelvecchi, 2016) ...21 + 26, an Autobiography (Rome, 1931) Il Pianoforte (Rome–Milan, 1937) La Tecnica dell'Orchestra Contemporanea (Rome and New York, 1950) I Segreti della Giara, Original Italian Edition of Casella's Autobiography (Florence, 1941) Music in My Time, Autobiography, English Edition by Spencer Norton (Norman, Oklahoma, 1955) Plus numerous articles in musical journals

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Further reading von Bredow, Moritz (August 2017). "Klang gewordener Geist. Branka Musulin zum 100. Geburtstag. Eine Hommage" [Spirit made sound. Branka Musulin on her 100th birthday. A tribute]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Vol. 14. p. 10.