Il canto sospeso

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Il canto sospeso is a politically charged 1956 choral-orchestral work by Italian avant-garde composer Luigi Nono, renowned for its serial techniques and its setting of letters by condemned anti-fascist resistance fighters.

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Il canto sospeso canonical 3

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instanceOf choral-orchestral work ⓘ
composition ⓘ
composer Luigi Nono ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
criticalReception considered one of Luigi Nono's masterpieces ⓘ
regarded as a landmark of post-war choral music ⓘ
dedicatedTo victims of fascism ⓘ
genre avant-garde music ⓘ
political music ⓘ
serial music ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary political music ⓘ
post-war choral composition ⓘ
hasPart chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
historicalContext European resistance movements ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
influencedBy Anton Webern ⓘ
Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
political Marxism ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
movement post-war avant-garde ⓘ
movementStructure nine movements ⓘ
notableFeature combination of strict serialism with expressive vocal writing ⓘ
politically engaged text setting ⓘ
use of multilingual letters ⓘ
numberOfMovements 9 ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
premiereConductor Hermann Scherchen ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereDate 1956 ⓘ
premiereLocation Cologne ⓘ
publicationYear 1956 ⓘ
publisher Edizioni Suvini Zerboni ⓘ
scoredFor mixed chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
solo voices ⓘ
subjectMatter anti-fascist resistance ⓘ
death sentences ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
textAuthor condemned anti-fascist resistance fighters ⓘ
textSource letters by anti-fascist resistance fighters ⓘ
usesTechnique integral serialism ⓘ
spatialized choral writing ⓘ
textual fragmentation ⓘ
twelve-tone serialism ⓘ
yearOfCompletion 1956 ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1955 ⓘ

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Luigi Nono → notableWork → Il canto sospeso ⓘ
Luigi Nono → notableWork → Il canto sospeso ⓘ
subject linked to: Nono