Francesco Pennisi (composer)
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.
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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 |