Bruno Bettinelli

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Bruno Bettinelli ( June 4, 1913 - November 8, 2004 ) was an Italian composer .

Life

Bruno Bettinelli studied at the Conservatory in Milan with Giulio Cesare Paribeni and R. Bossi and completed in 1937 his studies from. In 1941 he took part in a training course from V. Frazzi at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena . He earned diplomas in the subjects of composition, piano, vocal polyphony, choral music and choral singing. From 1938 he taught at the Conservatory of Milan, where he held a chair for composition between 1957 and 1979. His students included u. a. C. Abbado, Bruno Canino, Azio Corghi, F. Degrada, Arman Gentilucci, R. Muti, and M. Pollini. In 1990 the Associazione Nazionale die Critici Musicali awarded him the Premio Massimo Mila for his teaching activities . Bettinelli won numerous prizes (including Angelicum , 1942 and 1947, Borgonuovo , 1948, Città di Bologna , 1964, Città di Trieste , 1964) and was a member of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He was also active as a music critic.

While Bettinelli initially tied in with the work of Paul Hindemith in his works - this is shown in strict, predominantly contrapuntal compositions such as Due invenzioni (1939) or Fantasia e fuga su temi gregoriani (1942) - appear in his later work, although he has always taken a detached stance towards the progressive currents of contemporary music, atonal influences and finally the use of dodecaphonic rows (although exempt from specific and binding rules). The energetic rhythm and contrapuntal spelling are also characteristic of his musical language. The continuous interest in experiments by the avant-garde undeniably imparted a tonal and harmonic modernity to his music as well as a continuous expansion of the musical material.

Works

Vocal music

Choral music

  • Due Laudi for choir and 3 mixed pieces (1936)
  • Villanella e Canzonetta for that. (1936)
  • Tre espressioni madrigalistiche (1939), Padua 1939
  • Tre liriche di Ungaretti 4 BC (1940)
  • Tre canti popolari lombardi for MCh. and 4 mixed pieces (1941)
  • Messa da Requiem 8 BC (1942/43), Padua 1943
  • Tre canti for choir and orch. (1945)
  • Laudi del 1200 , free interpretations for 2 S, choir, str., Harp (1947)
  • Laudi del Natale e della Pasqua (1947), Mld. 1947
  • Messa italiana for 2 st and organ (1966), Bergamo 1967
  • Proprio della Messa di Pentecoste for that. (1968), ibid. 1967; different mot.
  • Due Antifone per la Quaresima for V. and organ (1971), Bergamo 1971
  • Sono una creatura , Kant. For choir and orch. To poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti (1971), Mld. 1971
  • Poesie di Ungaretti for 4 mixed items (1971), ibid. 1971
  • Nove canti per ragazzi for 2 or 3 hours (1971), Mld. 1972
  • Tre poesie di Fausta for FrCh. (1972), ibid. 1972
  • Tre nuovi madrigali for gemCh. and 4 St. (1974), Bergamo 1974
  • Tre liriche di Tiziana for FrCh. (1978), Mld. 1978
  • Tre canti for MCh. (1981), Padua 1981
  • In Nativitate Domini , Kant. For S and Orch. (1982), ibid. 1982
  • Terza cantata (changes on a sonnet by T. Campanella) for choir and orch. (1984/85), Mld. 1985
  • Polyphonia No. 15 for choir (1993/94), Bergamo 1994
  • Sette madrigali for 5 hours (1993-95), Padua 1995
  • Missa brevis for choir (1997), Bergamo 1997
  • Tre Lamenti e Aurora for choir (1997), Padua 1997
  • Varianti su "Alleluia" for choir (1997), Bergamo 1997
  • In addition, numerous mot. and hymns for solo choir, for choir and organ (1957–1986), as well as around 40 folk songs for MCh.


Songs

Numerous songs for voice and piano, etc. a .:

  • Tre liriche (1940), Padua 1940
  • Due liriche lunari (1948), Padua 1949
  • Tre liriche di Cecilia d'Orfeo (1953), Mld. 1953
  • Liriche di Guido Miano for S, of course. and Kl. (1988), Padua 1989
  • La terra poemetto for that. (1967), ibid. 1968
  • Due liriche for St. and Git. (1977), ibid. 1977
  • Serenata semiseria for S and clear. (1983)
  • Due nuove liriche for S and Kl. (1993), Mld. 1994
  • Andare ... for B and Kl. (1995)

Stage works

(all published by Ricordi, Milan)

  • La smorfia (R. Bacchelli), opera 1 act (1959 Como)
  • Il pozzo e il pendolo (C. Crispolti after EA Poe), azione drammatica 1 act (1967 Bergamo)
  • Count Down (A. Madau Diaz), Opera 1 act (1970 Milan)
personal data
SURNAME Bettinelli, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1913
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2004