Sinfonia
E528572
Sinfonia is a landmark 1968 orchestral and vocal composition by Luciano Berio that blends avant-garde techniques, collage, and spoken text to create a multilayered, experimental soundscape.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral work
ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ |
| associatedWithAnniversary | 125th season of the New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | New York Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | 125th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic ⓘ |
| composer | Luciano Berio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueNumber | Berio Sinfonia (no standard opus number) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporatesTextFrom |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Graffiti and slogans of 1960s Paris ⓘ James Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gustav Mahler
NERFINISHED
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literary modernism ⓘ |
| languageOfSpokenText |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| movementAddedLater | fifth movement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dense musical collage of quotations
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integration of spoken word and orchestral texture ⓘ multilayered soundscape ⓘ |
| notableMovement | third movement ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 5 ⓘ |
| originalNumberOfMovements | 4 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Luciano Berio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredByEnsemble | New York Philharmonic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredByVocalEnsemble | The Swingle Singers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
amplified voices
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orchestra ⓘ |
| style |
experimental
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post-serial ⓘ |
| thirdMovementBasedOn | second movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
Sprechgesang
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collage ⓘ orchestral writing ⓘ quotation ⓘ spoken text ⓘ vocal ensemble writing ⓘ |
| vocalForces | eight amplified voices ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Symphony