Laborintus II

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Laborintus II is an experimental 1965 composition by Luciano Berio that blends voices, instruments, and electronics in a collage-like setting of texts by Dante and Edoardo Sanguineti.

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instanceOf experimental music work
musical composition
basedOnWorkBy Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française NERFINISHED
commissionedFor 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s birth
composer Luciano Berio NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
decadeOfComposition 1960s
firstPerformanceDate 1965
firstPerformancePlace France NERFINISHED
hasCatalogueNumber Berio catalog (no standard opus number) NERFINISHED
hasGenre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
experimental music
hasTheme Dantean imagery
death
history
memory
hasTitleLanguage Latin
includes chorus
instrumental ensemble
speaker
influencedBy Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia NERFINISHED
Edoardo Sanguineti’s experimental poetry
language Italian
librettist Edoardo Sanguineti NERFINISHED
movement postwar avant-garde
notableRecording 1968 recording conducted by Luciano Berio
partOf Luciano Berio’s vocal and theatrical works
performancePractice requires amplification
requires sound projection
publisher Universal Edition NERFINISHED
relatedWork Laborintus (earlier work by Sanguineti) NERFINISHED
scoredFor electronics
instruments
voices
structureCharacteristic collage-like form
styleCharacteristic integration of live and electronic sound
montage of literary and musical materials
use of spoken and sung text
titleMeaning “Laborintus” alludes to labyrinth and labor NERFINISHED
usesTechnique extended vocal techniques
serial and post-serial techniques
textual collage
usesTextBy Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
Edoardo Sanguineti NERFINISHED
yearOfComposition 1965

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Luciano Berio notableWork Laborintus II