Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973): The Life, Times and Music of a Wayward Genius (Contemporary Music Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 1, 1999
Language: eng; ita
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9789057022104
Subjects: 20th century music; Composers & musicians; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Composers & Musicians - General; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Malipiero, Gian Francesco,; Biography/Autobiography; Italy; Criticism and interpretation; General; Music / General; 1882-1973; Biography; Composers
First sentence: The enormous span of Gian Francesco Malipiero's life stretches across the most sustained period of rapid and drastic change in the entire history of Italian music: even the great transitional upheaval between the Renaissance and Baroque periods seems limited in scope by comparison.