Francesco Pennisi (composer)

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Francesco Pennisi (born February 11, 1934 in Acireale , † October 8, 2000 in Rome ) was an Italian composer.

Pennisi studied music and painting in his youth. He was a student of the American composer Robert W. Mann in Rome . After his compositions first attracted attention in 1962 at the Settimane Internazionali di Nuova Musica in Palermo, they were also performed at the Venice Biennale , the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris and the Reconnaissance des musiques modern in Brussels.

At this time he also founded the Nuova Consonanza society with Franco Evangelisti , Aldo Clementi and Daniele Paris in Rome . In 1972 his first stage work Sylvia simplex (ornitoscopia) was performed at the Venice Biennale , which was followed by others. In addition, he composed drama music, orchestral and chamber music works, vocal music and works for solo instruments.

Works

  • Sylvia simplex (Ornitoscopia) , scena for soprano, emcee , slide and film projections and chamber orchestra, 1972
  • Carteggio for flute, cello and harpsichord, 1979
  • La partenza di Tisias for viola and orchestra, 1979
  • Arioso mobile for flute and orchestra, 1981
  • La descrizione dell'Isola Ferdinandrea , scena in seven pictures for soprano, tenor, baritone, two actors, female choir and chamber orchestra, 1983
  • L'Orestea (after Aeschylus ), incidental music, 1983–85
  • L'arrivo dell'unicorno for harp and orchestra, 1984
  • Eclissi e Fleri for flute and orchestra, 1985
  • La tragedia di Didone, regina di Cartagine (based on Christopher Marlowe ), incidental music, 1986
  • L'esequie della luna for two sopranos, speaker, vocal quartet, guitar, flute and chamber orchestra, 1991
  • Angelica in bosco for harp and orchestra, 1991
  • The Wild Swans for soprano and seven instruments, 1992
  • Medea dixit for soprano and eight instruments, 1993
  • Tristan , studio per un'azione musicale for two sopranos, tenor, baritone and orchestra, 1995

literature

  • Jade Vliestra, Francesco Pennisi. In Margine al Pentagramma , Published by Protagon Editore Toscani, 1995.
personal data
SURNAME Pennisi, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Acireale
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 2000
Place of death Rome