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Nono

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/ ˈnɔːno /

noun

  1. Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1924–90, Italian composer of 12-tone music

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He also championed works by some of his most challenging contemporaries, particularly three towering figures in the European avant-garde: Luigi Nono, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

As a result, TV host Nono Chen's manager denied her allegation and said he had no recollection of the incident or who she was.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023

It tells the story of her grandfather Rafael Contreras Alfonso, or Nono, a Colombian curandero, or healer, who had magical gifts that he passed down to Rojas Contreras and her mother.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

Moreover, Piano’s friendship with the two greatest and most influential Italian composers of his generation, Luciano Berio and Luigi Nono, has had historic consequences.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2021

Browning, however, distrusted Pio Nono, thinking him weak, and events proved that his opinion was justified.

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Whiting, Lilian