Luigi Dallapiccola, America, and the Unlocking of Visionary Creativity

This book examines Luigi Dallapiccola's groundbreaking works created alongside the masterpieces of many Florentine artists and literati who guided his daily steps and his embrace of twelve-tone serialism as a spiritual dogma.

Mario Ruffini is President of Centro Studi Luigi Dallapiccola as well as Classe Musica e Arti dello Spettacolo at the Accademia delle Arti e del Disegno in Florence. He is a musicologist, conductor, and composer. Franco Sciannameo is College of Fine Arts distinguished scholar & teaching professor of music at Carnegie Mellon University.

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: The "Epiphanies" of Luigi Dallapiccola Chapter 1: Laura Behind the Scenes of Luigi Dallapiccola's Twelve-Tone Music Chapter 2: Entwurf Ferruccio Busoni's "Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music" and the Italian translation by Laura and Luigi Dallapiccola Chapter 3: America Luigi Dallapiccola in the United States: Residencies, Students, Commissions, Premieres, and Honors Valentina Bensi Chapter 4: Pittsburgh 1952: The World Premiere of "Quaderno musicale di Annalibera" with an analytical essay Marco Mazzè Alessi Concluding Thoughts: The Synthetic and Raisonnè Catalogs of Luigi Dallapiccola's Works: A 30-year Journey Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Bibliography Index About the Authors