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Ildebrando Pizzetti

July 09, 2023

Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer of classical music, musicologist, and music critic.

Ildebrando Pizzetti
Born(1880-09-20)20 September 1880
Parma, Italy
Died13 February 1968(1968-02-13) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
Resting placeCampo Verano, Rome
Occupation(s)composer, musicologist, music critic
Era20th century

Biography

Pizzetti was born in Parma in 1880. He was part of the "Generation of 1880" along with Ottorino Respighi, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Alfredo Casella. They were among the first Italian composers in some time whose primary contributions were not in opera. The instrumental and a cappella traditions had never died in Italian music and had produced, for instance, the string quartets of Antonio Scontrino (1850–1922) and the works of Respighi's teacher Giuseppe Martucci; but with the "Generation of 1880" these traditions became stronger.

Ildebrando Pizzetti was the son of Odoardo Pizzetti, a pianist and piano teacher who was his son's first teacher. At first Pizzetti seemed headed for a career as a playwright—he had written several plays, two of which had been produced—before he decided in 1895 on a career in music and entered the Conservatorium of Parma.

There he was taught from 1897 by Giovanni Tebaldini and gained the beginnings of his lifelong interest in the early music of Italy, reflected in his own music and his writings.

 
Ildebrando Pizzetti

He taught at the Florence Conservatory (director from 1917 to 1923), directed the Milan Conservatory from 1923, and was Respighi's successor at the National Academy of St Cecilia in Rome from 1936 to 1958.[1] His students included Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Olga Rudge, Manoah Leide-Tedesco, Franco Donatoni and Amaury Veray. See: List of music students by teacher: N to Q#Ildebrando Pizzetti. Also a music critic, he wrote several books on the music of Italy and of Greece and co-founded a musical journal. Pizzetti was an active supporter of fascism and signed the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals in 1925.

A disciple of poet, playwright and revolutionary Gabriele d'Annunzio, Pizzetti wrote incidental music to his plays, and was highly influenced by d'Annunzio's dark neoclassic themes. One of Pizzetti's later operas, La figlia di Jorio, is a setting of d'Annunzio's 1904 eponymous play.

He was named to the Royal Academy of Italy in 1939. As noted by Sciannameo, his relations with the Fascist government of the 1940s were often positive, sometimes mixed; he received at one point high awards, and the one symphony of his mature years was the product of a commission from their Japanese allies to celebrate the "XXVI Centennial of the foundation of the Japanese Empire" (Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem was also commissioned for this event, though it was rejected on account of its finale; its original finale was rediscovered after Britten's death and only premiered then.) Pizzetti's Symphony in A was premiered as noted in the article, and recorded in 1940, and again by Naxos with his Harp Concerto (Naxos 8573613, 2017).[2]

His Violin Concerto in A was premiered in 1944 by Gioconda de Vito; this seems to be the only 20th-century violin concerto she ever played.

Some of his works were published under the name "Ildebrando da Parma".[3]

Selected works

Operas

Orchestral music

  • Symphony in A in celebrazione del XXVIo centenario della fondazione dell'Impero giapponese. 1940[1]
  • Incidental music, especially to plays by d'Annunzio, especially
    • La Pisanelle (1912–13)[5]
  • Suite from La Pisanelle (premiered 1919)[5]
  • Harp concerto in E-flat (1960)[6][7]
  • 3 Sonetti del Petrarca
  • Tre composizioni corali
  • Other vocal works, e.g. Epithalamium (1939? 1940, played at a Library of Congress concert in April 1940 and again in 1977)
  • Cello concerto in C minor (1933-4)[1]
  • Violin concerto in A (1944)[1][8]
  • Viola concerto (1955, unfinished)
  • Canti della stagione alta : concerto for piano and orchestra (1930)
  • Sinfonia del fuoco (from music for the silent film Cabiria)
  • Rondo veneziano (1929)
  • Concerto dell'Estate
  • Tre Preludii sinfonici per L'Edipo Re di Sofocle (1903)

Chamber music

  • Violin sonata in C minor (1900)
  • String Quartet n.1 in A major (1906)[9]
  • Violin sonata in A (championed by Yehudi Menuhin) written 1918–9,[10] pub. 1920
  • Cello sonata in F 1921, pub. 1922
  • Tre canti for cello and piano (1924)[11]
  • Piano sonata pub. 1942
  • Piano trio in G minor (1900)
  • Piano trio in A (from 1925)[11]
  • String Quartet n.2 in D (written 1932–33, pub. 1934.)

Sacred music

  • Messa di Requiem (1922-1923)[12]
  • Cantata: Filiae Jerusalem, Adjuro Vos (1966)[13]

Film scores

  • Cabiria (1914) (Pizzetti provided the 10-minute Sinfonia del Fuoco for the pivotal sacrifice scene of the film)
  • The Ship (1921)
  • The Betrothed (1941)

Bibliography

  • Renato Fondi (1919), Ildebrando Pizzetti e il dramma musicale italiano d'oggi (tr. "Ildebrando Pizzetti and the Italian musical drama of today")
  • Gatti, Guido Maria (1951). Ildebrando Pizzetti. Translated by Moore, David. London: Dennis Dobson. ISBN 0-234-77138-0. OCLC 382628. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  • Susanna Pasticci (ed.), Ildebrando Pizzetti. Sulle tracce del modernismo italiano – Ildebrando Pizzetti, Retracing Italian Modernism, monographic volume of «Chigiana. Journal of Musicologial Studies», vol. 49, Lucca: LIM 2019.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 697. ISBN 0-674-37299-9. OCLC 34553491. Retrieved 2007-12-23. Pizzetti Ildebrando
  2. ^ Sciannameo, pp. 46-7.
  3. ^ IMSLP: Pizzetti, Three Pieces for Pianoforte 2021-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 June 2020
  4. ^ Sciannameo, pp. 28-9
  5. ^ a b Sciannameo, p. 29.
  6. ^ According to "Description of CD "Clelia Gatti Aldrovandi: Historical Series I and II" of Harp and Orchestra Music by Rota, Pizzetti, Vlad and Zafred". Retrieved 2009-01-04.[dead link], commissioned by Clelia Gatti Aldrovandi.
  7. ^ Sciannameo, p. 49 gives 1960 for year of composition.
  8. ^ Sciannameo, p. 47.
  9. ^ op. cit., p. 26.
  10. ^ op. cit., p. 30
  11. ^ a b op. cit., p. 31
  12. ^ Begun 31 October 1922 and completed 2 January 1923 according to Sciannameo, p. 30.
  13. ^ Sciannameo, p. 49.

External links

  • Works by or about Ildebrando Pizzetti at Internet Archive
  • In black and white: Pizzetti, Mussolini and Scipio Africanus, by Franco Sciannameo, in The Musical Times, summer 2004, pages 25–50, volume 145, issue 1887, ISSN 0027-4666
  • List of principal compositions and biography, in Italian
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti at IMDb

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Ildebrando Pizzetti 20 September 1880 13 February 1968 was an Italian composer of classical music musicologist and music critic Ildebrando PizzettiBorn 1880 09 20 20 September 1880Parma ItalyDied13 February 1968 1968 02 13 aged 87 Rome ItalyResting placeCampo Verano RomeOccupation s composer musicologist music criticEra20th century Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 2 1 Operas 2 2 Orchestral music 2 3 Chamber music 2 4 Sacred music 2 5 Film scores 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditPizzetti was born in Parma in 1880 He was part of the Generation of 1880 along with Ottorino Respighi Gian Francesco Malipiero and Alfredo Casella They were among the first Italian composers in some time whose primary contributions were not in opera The instrumental and a cappella traditions had never died in Italian music and had produced for instance the string quartets of Antonio Scontrino 1850 1922 and the works of Respighi s teacher Giuseppe Martucci but with the Generation of 1880 these traditions became stronger Ildebrando Pizzetti was the son of Odoardo Pizzetti a pianist and piano teacher who was his son s first teacher At first Pizzetti seemed headed for a career as a playwright he had written several plays two of which had been produced before he decided in 1895 on a career in music and entered the Conservatorium of Parma There he was taught from 1897 by Giovanni Tebaldini and gained the beginnings of his lifelong interest in the early music of Italy reflected in his own music and his writings Ildebrando Pizzetti He taught at the Florence Conservatory director from 1917 to 1923 directed the Milan Conservatory from 1923 and was Respighi s successor at the National Academy of St Cecilia in Rome from 1936 to 1958 1 His students included Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco Olga Rudge Manoah Leide Tedesco Franco Donatoni and Amaury Veray See List of music students by teacher N to Q Ildebrando Pizzetti Also a music critic he wrote several books on the music of Italy and of Greece and co founded a musical journal Pizzetti was an active supporter of fascism and signed the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals in 1925 A disciple of poet playwright and revolutionary Gabriele d Annunzio Pizzetti wrote incidental music to his plays and was highly influenced by d Annunzio s dark neoclassic themes One of Pizzetti s later operas La figlia di Jorio is a setting of d Annunzio s 1904 eponymous play He was named to the Royal Academy of Italy in 1939 As noted by Sciannameo his relations with the Fascist government of the 1940s were often positive sometimes mixed he received at one point high awards and the one symphony of his mature years was the product of a commission from their Japanese allies to celebrate the XXVI Centennial of the foundation of the Japanese Empire Benjamin Britten s Sinfonia da Requiem was also commissioned for this event though it was rejected on account of its finale its original finale was rediscovered after Britten s death and only premiered then Pizzetti s Symphony in A was premiered as noted in the article and recorded in 1940 and again by Naxos with his Harp Concerto Naxos 8573613 2017 2 His Violin Concerto in A was premiered in 1944 by Gioconda de Vito this seems to be the only 20th century violin concerto she ever played Some of his works were published under the name Ildebrando da Parma 3 Selected works EditOperas Edit Sabina 1897 Il Cid 1903 Aeneas 1903 Mazeppa 1905 unfinished Gigliola 1914 unfinished Fedra 1915 4 Debora e Jaele 1922 1 Fra Gherardo 1928 Lo straniero 1930 Orseolo 1935 L oro 1947 Vanna Lupa 1949 Ifigenia 1950 Cagliostro 1953 La figlia di Jorio 1954 Povera gente 1956 unfinished Assassinio nella cattedrale 1958 with Nicola Rossi Lemeni and Leyla Gencer in the first cast conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni staged by Margherita Wallmann at La Scala Il calzare d argento 1961 Clitennestra 1965 Orchestral music Edit Symphony in A in celebrazione del XXVIo centenario della fondazione dell Impero giapponese 1940 1 Incidental music especially to plays by d Annunzio especially La Pisanelle 1912 13 5 Suite from La Pisanelle premiered 1919 5 Harp concerto in E flat 1960 6 7 3 Sonetti del Petrarca Tre composizioni corali Other vocal works e g Epithalamium 1939 1940 played at a Library of Congress concert in April 1940 and again in 1977 Cello concerto in C minor 1933 4 1 Violin concerto in A 1944 1 8 Viola concerto 1955 unfinished Canti della stagione alta concerto for piano and orchestra 1930 Sinfonia del fuoco from music for the silent film Cabiria Rondo veneziano 1929 Concerto dell Estate Tre Preludii sinfonici per L Edipo Re di Sofocle 1903 Chamber music Edit Violin sonata in C minor 1900 String Quartet n 1 in A major 1906 9 Violin sonata in A championed by Yehudi Menuhin written 1918 9 10 pub 1920 Cello sonata in F 1921 pub 1922 Tre canti for cello and piano 1924 11 Piano sonata pub 1942 Piano trio in G minor 1900 Piano trio in A from 1925 11 String Quartet n 2 in D written 1932 33 pub 1934 Sacred music Edit Messa di Requiem 1922 1923 12 Cantata Filiae Jerusalem Adjuro Vos 1966 13 Film scores Edit Cabiria 1914 Pizzetti provided the 10 minute Sinfonia del Fuoco for the pivotal sacrifice scene of the film The Ship 1921 The Betrothed 1941 Bibliography EditRenato Fondi 1919 Ildebrando Pizzetti e il dramma musicale italiano d oggi tr Ildebrando Pizzetti and the Italian musical drama of today Gatti Guido Maria 1951 Ildebrando Pizzetti Translated by Moore David London Dennis Dobson ISBN 0 234 77138 0 OCLC 382628 Retrieved 2007 12 23 Susanna Pasticci ed Ildebrando Pizzetti Sulle tracce del modernismo italiano Ildebrando Pizzetti Retracing Italian Modernism monographic volume of Chigiana Journal of Musicologial Studies vol 49 Lucca LIM 2019 References Edit a b c d e Randel Don Michael 1996 The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Cambridge Massachusetts The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press p 697 ISBN 0 674 37299 9 OCLC 34553491 Retrieved 2007 12 23 Pizzetti Ildebrando Sciannameo pp 46 7 IMSLP Pizzetti Three Pieces for Pianoforte Archived 2021 01 28 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 June 2020 Sciannameo pp 28 9 a b Sciannameo p 29 According to Description of CD Clelia Gatti Aldrovandi Historical Series I and II of Harp and Orchestra Music by Rota Pizzetti Vlad and Zafred Retrieved 2009 01 04 dead link commissioned by Clelia Gatti Aldrovandi Sciannameo p 49 gives 1960 for year of composition Sciannameo p 47 op cit p 26 op cit p 30 a b op cit p 31 Begun 31 October 1922 and completed 2 January 1923 according to Sciannameo p 30 Sciannameo p 49 External links EditWorks by or about Ildebrando Pizzetti at Internet Archive In black and white Pizzetti Mussolini and Scipio Africanus by Franco Sciannameo in The Musical Times summer 2004 pages 25 50 volume 145 issue 1887 ISSN 0027 4666 List of principal compositions and biography in Italian Ildebrando Pizzetti at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ildebrando 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