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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Life and career 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…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)

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Concerto per Archi, Op. 40bis (1923–4) La Giara, Suite Sinfonica, Op. 41bis (1924) Serenata per piccola orchestra, Op. 46bis (1930)

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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

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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)

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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)

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Tarantella for Cello and Piano (1934) Sonata a Tre (Piano Trio), Op. 62 (1938)

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Pavane, Op. 1 (1902) Variations sur une Chaconne, Op. 3 (1903)

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Barcarola, Op. 15 (1910) À la Manière de..., Prima Serie, Op. 17 (1911) À la Manière de..., Seconda Serie, Op. 17bis (1914)

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Sonatina, Op. 28 (1916) A Notte Alta, Poema Musicale, Op. 30 (1917)

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Cocktail Dance (1918) Foxtrot per pianoforte a quattro mani (1920)

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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)

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Five Songs, Op. 2 (1902) La Cloche Felee, Op. 7 (1904) [Baudelaire] Trois Lyriques, Op. 9 (1905) [Albert Samain, Baudelaire, Verlaine]