The Twelve-Tone Music of Luigi Dallapiccola

by Brian Alegant

Reveals the great twentieth-century Italian composer's innovative handling of harmony, form, and text setting.

Luigi Dallapiccola was one of twentieth century's most accomplished and admired composers. His music incorporated many of the twelve-tone techniques developed by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von Webern, but blended their expressionistic impulses with an Italianate sense of lyricism. Brian Alegant's The Twelve-Tone Music...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580463258
• ISBN13: 9781580463256
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"