http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1334 an infinite number of curves Sun, 19 May 2013 01:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1334&cpage=1#comment-42452 Lawrence Dillon Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:34:53 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1334#comment-42452 As a big fan of Puccini and Dallapiccola, I’d put the former in the category of “performed but not respected” and the latter in “respected but not performed.” I wouldn’t dream of lumping Puccini with the 19th century – because Verdi gets respect from academia, while Puccini does not. He is most definitely a 20th-century composer who does not get his due. As a big fan of Puccini and Dallapiccola, I’d put the former in the category of “performed but not respected” and the latter in “respected but not performed.” I wouldn’t dream of lumping Puccini with the 19th century – because Verdi gets respect from academia, while Puccini does not. He is most definitely a 20th-century composer who does not get his due.

]]> http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1334&cpage=1#comment-42369 GW Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:55:46 +0000 http://www.sequenza21.com/dillon/?p=1334#comment-42369 Puccini is certainly not ignored (don't place him in the 19th century: Turandot was premiered a year after Wozzeck!) Respighi was very widely played through the middle of the 20th century, perhaps losing his position in the repertoire due to his politics. Interest in Dallapiccola has come and gone in waves, with his career split between tonal and 12-tone scores perhaps problematic in his reception. Berio is well-known in the US to a good degree because he spent a good deal of time here, as an important teacher at Mills and his first wife was the remarkable singer Cathy Berberian. The great unknown in the US is probably Nono, and in this case, there is a real question of respect. As an active member of the Communist Party in Italy, he was unable to travel to the US, requiring the assistance of Sen. Kennedy to be able to attend his mother-in-law (Getrud Schoenberg)'s funeral. Puccini is certainly not ignored (don’t place him in the 19th century: Turandot was premiered a year after Wozzeck!) Respighi was very widely played through the middle of the 20th century, perhaps losing his position in the repertoire due to his politics. Interest in Dallapiccola has come and gone in waves, with his career split between tonal and 12-tone scores perhaps problematic in his reception. Berio is well-known in the US to a good degree because he spent a good deal of time here, as an important teacher at Mills and his first wife was the remarkable singer Cathy Berberian. The great unknown in the US is probably Nono, and in this case, there is a real question of respect. As an active member of the Communist Party in Italy, he was unable to travel to the US, requiring the assistance of Sen. Kennedy to be able to attend his mother-in-law (Getrud Schoenberg)’s funeral.

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