Franco Oppo

Franco Oppo

Franco Oppo (born October 2, 1935 in Nuoro , Sardinia , † January 14, 2016 ) was an Italian composer .

Oppo studied piano, choral music and composition at the Cagliari Conservatory until 1961 . He then studied composition with Giorgio Federico Ghedini , Virgilio Mortari , Goffredo Petrassi and Piotr Perkowski and studied electronic music with Franco Evangelisti . In 1966 he took part in the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music.

From 1965 to 2000 he taught composition and experimental composition at the Conservatory of Cagliari. He also taught music theory at the University of Cagliari from 1985 to 1987 and has been artistic director of the Spaziomusica festival for contemporary music since 1982 .

In addition to his compositional activity, he worked scientifically in the field of music theory and music ethnology and gave lectures at numerous international conferences.

Works

• Sonatina for trumpet and piano, 1951
• Sonatina for horn and piano, 1951
• Cinque pezzi facili for piano, 1951–1952
• Variazioni su tema di Schumann for piano, 1953
• Quattro pezzi for violin and oboe, 1956
• Fantasia for piano and orchestra, 1960
• Varie partite sopra Frescobaldi for harpsichord, harp, piano and orchestra, 1960
• Tre canzoni spagnole for soprano and piano (text: Federico García Lorca ), 1960
• Allitterazioni-Organum-Ragtime for eleven instruments, 1961
• Movimento for string quartet, 1962
• Lamento dal Salmo XIII for choir and percussion instruments, 1962
• Epitaffio for speaker and eight instruments, 1963
• Don Chisciotte for speaker and seven instruments, 1963
• "Ciò che ho scritto" for soprano and four instruments (text: Nazim Hikmet ), 1964
• Concerto for cello and orchestra, 1964
• Dzieci for soprano and two pianos, 1966
• Canti popolari della Sardegna for voice, piano and small percussion instruments, 1967
• Trio for piano, violin and cello, 1968
• Cinque pezzi for piano, 1970
• Digressione for female voice and orchestra (text: Andrzej Vosnesenskij ), 1970
• Silenzio for contralto and four instruments, 1971
• Nodos for orchestra, 1972–73
• Riverberazioni for cello and piano, 1974
• Ninna-nanna campidanese for choir and chapel, 1975–1976
• Musica per chitarra e quartetto d'archi , 1975
• Rondeau for two strings, 1975
• Amply for two amplified string instruments, 1976
• Praxodia I for soprano, bass and eight instruments (text: Agostino Neto ), 1976
• Anninnia I for nine instruments, 1978
• Praxodia II , scenic action for soprano, bass, eight actors and eight instruments, 1979
• Tre berceuses for piano, 1981–1982
• Anninnia II for eight instruments, 1982
• Musica per otto strumenti a fiato , 1983
• Attitidu for bassoon and string quartet, 1983
• Intorno all'isola , soundtrack, 1983
• North sardinian dance for piano, 1984
• Quadri di guerra , film music, 1984
• Fasi for flute and piano, 1984–1989
• Sagra for oboe, two violins and viola, 1985
• Per tonos , canon for flute, harpsichord and string quartet, 1985
• Le cerniere for magnetic tape, 1985
• Eleonora d'Arborea , scenic action for soprano, baritone, six actors, female choir and three instrumental groups, 1986
• Solo for flute, 1986
• Como en los sueños , 1988
• Anafore e cicli elettronici for magnetic tape, 1988
• Figure instabili for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano, 1989
• Gallurese for piano four hands, 1989
• 40 melodie popolari polacche for flute and piano, 1989–1994
• 3 melodie popolari polacche for flute, cello and piano, 1990–1993
• Variazioni su tema di Mozart for orchestra, 1991
• Te Deum , 1991
• Musica per 11 strumenti ad arco , 1992
• Variazioni su temi popolari for launeddas and live electronics, 1992
• Baroniese for piano four hands, 1993
• Trio II for viola, cello and double bass, 1993
• Trio III for flute, violin and piano, 1994
• Sueños for soprano and magnetic tape, 1995
• Concerto n. 1 for piano and orchestra, 1995–1997
• Polski Walc for flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet, (Text: Piotr Nazim ), 1996
• Concetti fluidi for violin, viola, cello and piano, 1997
• Retrògas A for viola, 1998
• Retrògas B for violin, 1998
• Tetraphony for twelve voices, 1998–1999
• Retrògas C for cello, 1999
• Uno spettro si aggirava per l'Europa for twenty-five strings, 1999–2000
• Toccata sopra "Be very happy, o my soul" for organ, 2000
• Rejoice very much, O my soul for pedal piano, 2000
• Tre bagattelle for piano, 2001
• Nodas for orchestra, 2001
• Intermezzi for two violins, two violas and cello, 2001
• ... quasi silenzio for magnetic tape, 2002
• Concerto n.2 for piano and orchestra, 2002
• Studio 1 (Gamme) for clarinet, 2002
• Piano sonata for piano, 2007

Fonts

• Teoria generale del linguaggio musicale (1975)
• Sistema dei concertus delle launeddas (1986)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franco Oppo (1935-2016)