Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

Nationality: Italian

Born: February 3, 1904, Pisino d’Istria Died: February 19, 1975, Florence (age 71)

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Piccola musica notturna

(for flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, celesta, violin, viola and cello)

Duration: 8 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1954 (age 49-50)

Revised: 1961 (age 56-57)

Note: Ensemble version adapted in 1961 from original version for orchestra (1954)

1 recording, 1 videos

7:54

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Nationality: American

Born: June 7, 1931, Philadelphia Died: February 21, 2017 (age 85)

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Nationality: Italian

Born: October 24, 1925, Oneglia Died: May 27, 2003, Rome (age 77)

Teacher

Nationality: Italian

Born: August 1, 1888, San Secondo Parmense Died: July 7, 1975, Florence (age 86)

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Nationality: American | English

Born: March 2, 1934, Sheffield (age 89)

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Nationality: American

Born: May 16, 1931, Plainfield, NJ Died: December 8, 2005 (age 74)

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Nationality: American

Born: September 9, 1934, Philadelphia Died: November 25, 2006, Wellesley, MA (age 72)

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Nationality: American | English

Born: October 9, 1922, Caterham, Surrey, England Died: August 24, 2001, Kewaunee, WI (age 78)

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
nocturne [F], notturno [I], nocturno, Nachtstück [G]—Night music. A romantic character piece depicting moods of the evening or night: quiet, reflective, perhaps romance and melancholy or even restlessness and fantasy. The most famous nocturnes come originally from the piano literature, e.g. John Field and Chopin, et. al.
transcription, transcribe—To re-score a work for an ensemble of instruments different from the original version. Typical examples include orchestrating piano or chamber works and visa versa. Within the realm of chamber music, a work for winds might be transcribed for strings, a symphony into a string quartet, a trio featuring a clarinet substituting a viola. One interesting question is: who made the transcription, the original composer? One interesting effect is that the transcription may become favored over the original. One of the most curious transcriptions in all of chamber music is Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht", transcribed from string sextet to piano trio with amazing success by one of his students.