Luigi Nono
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Luigi Nono – Da un diario italiano
Biography
He studied at the Venice Conservatoire where he became acquainted with serialism. (He married Arnold Schönberg’s daughter Nuria in 1955). He became a leading composer of instrumental and electronic music.
In 1950, he attended the “Ferienkurse für neue Musik” in Darmstadt, where he met composers such as Edgard Varèse and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Works from this first period include: Polifonica-Monodica-Ritmica (1951), Epitaffio per Federico García Lorca (1952-1953), La victoire de Guernica (1954) and Liebeslied (1954). He increasingly rejected the analytical approach of serialism, as evidenced by the following works: Incontri (1955), Il canto sospeso, (1955-1956), et Cori di Didone (1958).
Nono was committed to socialism. In 1952, he joined the Communist party. His avant-garde music was also a revolt against bourgeois culture. As such, he avoided most normal concert genres in favor of opera and electronic music, and sought to bring music to factories. He made frequent recourse to political texts in his work. Many of his works are overtly political: Il canto sospeso (1956), based on the letters of victims of wartime oppression, which brought him international fame; Diario polacco (1958), Intolleranza, (1960), Intolleranza (1961), La fabbrica illuminata (1964), Ricorda cosa ti hanno fatto ad Auschwitz (1966), Non consumiamo Marx (1969), Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt (1971), Canto per il Vietnam (1973), and Al gran sole carico d’amore (1975). From 1956 onward, he was increasingly interested in electronic music, first at the “Elektroakustische Experimentalstudio” at Gravesano (Scherchen).
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progtrance7
His 80's tunes is even more epic. Diotima, Quando, Mostri, Prometeo, Caminar trios, Erranti, and Futura. I listen to most of 'em every night. Pure revelation.
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blackless
Intolleranza 1960 and Il Canto Sospeso are epic.
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GiaNXGX
La fabbrica Illuminata is particularly great
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Jhaidinszaev
pretty much all of his releases on Neos are great
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ut0
The 2012 release on Neos is great.
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goodmorningcptn
I wish his writings on art and politics would be translated into english already.
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clocks-n-clouds
My favorite of the Darmstadt trifecta is always changing, but right now it's def Nono! #swag
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blackless
Il canto Sospeso needs more appreciation
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_KevMusic_
Yes, Contrappunto dialettico alla mente ist krieg.
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affasf
Contrappunto dialettico alla mente ist krieg.
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zarlino
Gigi, this is a world of background music. I loved your music for years and still in my daily life I find it hard to stop and just listen.
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zorzynek
I'm glad Nono isn't going to watch Inland Empire.
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NINlife
can't wait to see his corpse play live
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ashitano_tamago
Luigi Nono On Tour!!!
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insomniacme
im sure he would've admired Inland Empire as much as we do <3
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IcyCoughs
David Lynch is obsessed with him.
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insomniacme
he's one of those "I wish I was Antiwarhol" kids, so yeah he'd be somewhat familiar I guess - though Nono can hardly be obscure enough for him ~
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megajosh2
@mindweather I think I've seen you before! Have you made half the posts in every single avant-garde artists' shoutbox?
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insomniacme
Italian composers are overall pretty unique imo. Scelsi too especially.
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zarlino
Great composer.
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