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Dallapiccola

American  
[dah-lah-pee-koh-luh, dahl-lah-peek-kaw-lah] / ˌdɑ lɑˈpi koʊ lə, ˌdɑl lɑˈpik kɔ lɑ /

noun

  1. Luigi 1904–75, Italian composer.


Dallapiccola British  
/ dallaˈpikkola /

noun

  1. Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1904–75, Italian composer of twelve-tone music. His works include the opera Il Prigioniero (1944–48) and the ballet Marsia (1948)

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Throughout Cantelli’s career in the United States, there were criticisms of his repertoire, which ran from Frescobaldi and Monteverdi to Barber and Dallapiccola but turned out to be repetitive from season to season.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2022

Mr. Rzewski then went to Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and worked with composer Luigi Dallapiccola in Florence.

From Washington Post Jun. 26, 2021

He will perform, with his Rome-based Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Verdi's Requiem and Il Prigioniero by Dallapiccola – "who wrote the most beautiful 12-tone music there is", he said.

From The Guardian Jan. 17, 2013

There are sometimes hints of Dallapiccola in his preserialist mode.

From New York Times Feb. 26, 2010

Like dodecacophonists the world over, Istrian-born Composer Dallapiccola has had a rough road to follow.

From Time Magazine Archive

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