Fausto Razzi

Fausto Razzi (born May 4, 1932 in Rome ) is an Italian composer.

Razzi studied at the Conservatory of Rome and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia from 1955 to 1963 piano with Rina Rossi and composition with Goffredo Petrassi . From 1958 he was assistant and from 1961 successor of Franco Maria Saraceni as conductor of the University Choir of Rome. Since 1966 he has taught at the Conservatories of L'Aquila and Pesaro . In 1976 he founded the Gruppo Recitar Cantando , which is dedicated to the performance of works from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods. In 1982 he founded the Teatro musicale in the with Gabriele Ferro and Michelangelo ZurlettiVilla Torlonia .

Razzi's compositions were initially under the influence of the Second Viennese School , particularly Anton Webern . In addition, he explored the possibilities of vocal music, whereby elements of aleatoric can also be found in his works . In the 1970s he mainly wrote electronic music, after which he turned to music theater under the influence of Edoardo Sanguineti's poetry . The Italian section of the IGNM honored him in 1963 and 1965, and with the Tre pezzi sacri he won a prize at the Prague Spring 1966.

Works

• Quartetto , 1958
• The bright voice , 1963
• Improvvisazione , 1965
• Tre pezzi sacri , 1966
• Improvvisazione III , 1967
• Progetto per una composizione elettronica , 1971–73
• Progetto II , 1980
• A voi che lavorate sulla terra , 1982
• Protocolli , 1989-92
• Smorfie , 1997
• Incastro , 2001