Luigi Nono: A Composer in Context

by Carola Nielinger-Vakil

The anti-fascist cantata Il canto sospeso, the string quartet Fragmente - Stille, an Diotima and the 'Tragedy of Listening' Prometeo cemented Luigi Nono's place in music history. In this study, Carola Nielinger-Vakil examines these major works in the context of Nono's amalgamation of avant-garde composition with Communist political engagement. Part I discusses Il canto sospeso in the context of all of Nono's anti-fascist pieces, from the unfinished...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521845343
• ISBN13: 9780521845342
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 10.0"