Il canto sospeso
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Il canto sospeso is a politically charged 1956 choral-orchestral work by Italian avant-garde composer Luigi Nono, renowned for its serial techniques and its setting of letters by condemned anti-fascist resistance fighters.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral-orchestral work
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composition ⓘ |
| composer | Luigi Nono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered one of Luigi Nono's masterpieces
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regarded as a landmark of post-war choral music ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | victims of fascism ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
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political music ⓘ serial music ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary political music
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post-war choral composition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chorus
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orchestra ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
European resistance movements
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Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anton Webern
NERFINISHED
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Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ political Marxism ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| movement | post-war avant-garde ⓘ |
| movementStructure | nine movements ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
combination of strict serialism with expressive vocal writing
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politically engaged text setting ⓘ use of multilingual letters ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 9 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Hermann Scherchen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| publisher | Edizioni Suvini Zerboni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
mixed chorus
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orchestra ⓘ solo voices ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
anti-fascist resistance
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death sentences ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| textAuthor | condemned anti-fascist resistance fighters ⓘ |
| textSource | letters by anti-fascist resistance fighters ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
integral serialism
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spatialized choral writing ⓘ textual fragmentation ⓘ twelve-tone serialism ⓘ |
| yearOfCompletion | 1956 ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1955 ⓘ |
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