Roberto Lupi

Roberto Lupi (born November 28, 1908 in Milan , † April 17, 1971 in Dornach ) was an Italian composer, conductor and music theorist.

life and work

Lupi studied at the Conservatori Verdi in Milan until 1934 .

He then became a professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini in Florence.

Lupi continued to publish a number of works of older Italian music. He wrote the music theory work Armonia di gravitazioni (Rome 1946). In addition, Lupi has earned a good reputation as a conductor.

Compositions by Roberto Lupi (excerpt)

Above all, Lupi created large-format works of experimental music for choir and orchestra, chamber music and stage. Among other things, he composed the following works:

• Sacra Sinfonia
• Nativitas, Stabat mater and Psalmo LX for solos, choir and orchestra
• Cello sonata
• Sacra rappresenntazione La dansa di Salomè (one act, Perugia 1952)
• Misterio melodrammatico La nuova Euridice (Bergamo 1957)
• Persefone (Florence 1970)
• 9 pieces Homunculus (1958)
• Fenomeni (1961)
• Azioni sonore (1960–1962)
• 5 short pieces (1966) for orchestra
• Bucolica (1953)
• Multiliteralià (1960) for chamber orchestra
• 3 fugues and 2 interludes (1958) for strings
• 12 Ricerari in forma di zodiaco for violoncello and orchestra

as well as several piano pieces and songs.

swell

• Lupi, Roberto . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Persons part: L-Z . Schott, Mainz 1961, p. 113 .
• Lupi, Roberto . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: L – Z , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1975, p. 94 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Roberto Lupi in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Roberto Lupi at Discogs (English)
• Roberto Lupi on MusicBrainz (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Wilibald Gurlitt, 1961: Roberto Lupi.
2. ^ ^{A b c} Carl Dahlhaus, 1975: Roberto Lupi.