Alfredo Casella

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Born: 25 July 1883, Turino (Italy)
Died: 5 March 1947, Roma (Italy)

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[details ←] Pupazzetti Cinque Musiche da Marionette (score) Piano,
[details ←] Sonata in A Major, K.331 Piano,
[details ←] Undici Piezzi Infantili, Op. 35 (Eleven Children’s Pieces) (score) Piano,
[details ←] Sonata Op. 27, No. 1 (Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia) Piano,
[details ←] A la Maniere de..., Premiere Serie, Op. 17 (In the Style of..., First Series) (score) Piano,
[details ←] Casella Children’s Pieces Op.3
[details ←] Sicilienne & Burlesque Piano, Flute,
[details ←] Pagine di guerra Piano,
[details ←] Sonatas Vol. 2 (Nos. 17-32) Piano,
[details ←] A la Maniere de..., Deuxieme Serie (In the Style of..., Second Series) (score) Piano,
[details ←] Sonatas Vol. 1 (Nos. 1-16) Piano,
[details ←] Two Pieces [collection] (score) Piano,
[details ←] 3 Canzoni trecentesche Piano, Vocal,
[details ←] 9 Pezzi Piano,
[details ←] Barcarolle and Scherzo Piano, Flute,
[details ←] Sonate e Fantasie - Volume 1 It/Fr/En Piano,
[details ←] Sonate e Fantasie - Volume 2 It/Fr/En Piano,
[details ←] Variations sur une chaconne Piano,

Music

Casella made a brilliant orchestration of Mily Balakirev’s famous piano fantasy, Islamey ("Oriental Fantasy"). (Contribution by <FFChopin1gmail.com>)

Biography

Italian composer (1883-1947). Sent to Paris conservatory in 1896 to study piano under Diémer and composition under Fauré. In WWI he went to Rome to teach piano at the Academia di Santa Cecilia. In 1924 he founded with d’Annunzio and Malipiero an association for the propagation of modern Italian music.

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21 January 1917: Premiere of Elegia Eroica, in Rome, Italy.
8 October 1938: Premiere of violin concerto, in Moscow, Russia.
27 March 1941: Premiere of Symphony no. 3, in Chicago, USA.

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