Dallapiccola, Luigi. (1904–1975). Important Autograph Manuscript, "Ulysses." . Oblong autograph musical manuscript in pencil on printed ruled manuscript paper, 22.5 x 32.5 cm. Title with date, inscription and dedication at head of first page, in blue ink: "from 'Ulysses' (Prologue, 3rd Episode) ['Nausikaa'] to Mr. & Mrs. J. Ferntree, Luigi Dallapiccola / July 12th, 1967, Berlin." Full score music, p. 1 - 4. With the original transmissal envelope, addressed by the composer and bearing a second signature in the return address. Both items dated before the the premiere of the work in Berlin later that year.
A highly detailed and important autograph working manuscript from the influential Italian composer and pianist, with numerous alterations, cancellations and variations from the published score.
"Ulisse, an opera in a prologue and two acts, is the only full-length opera of Luigi Dallapiccola. It was preceded by two one-act pieces, Volo di Notte (1940) and Il Prigioniero (1950); by Job, a "sacra rappresentazione" in one act (1950); and by an edition of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (1941-1942). Like Monteverdi's opera, Ulisse is based on the Odyssey (Dallapiccola was annoyed during his work on the opera by frequent statements that the opera was to be "based on James Joyce's Ulysses," a work he was known to admire). Unlike Monteverdi's work, Dallapiccola's opera draws on traditions, beginning with Dante, which see Ulysses's quest as not ending with his homecoming to Ithaca. The work received its premiere on September 29, 1968, by the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Loren Maazel." (Wayne Shirley, "Luigi Dallapiccola's Sketch for Ulisse," Library of Congress)
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Dallapiccola was the most significant Italian composer of his generation. His manuscripts are highly uncommon on the market and we know of only a small number of manuscripts by the composer within the United States, at the Pierpont Morgan and at the Library of Congress.
A highly detailed and important autograph working manuscript from the influential Italian composer and pianist, with numerous alterations, cancellations and variations from the published score.
"Ulisse, an opera in a prologue and two acts, is the only full-length opera of Luigi Dallapiccola. It was preceded by two one-act pieces, Volo di Notte (1940) and Il Prigioniero (1950); by Job, a "sacra rappresentazione" in one act (1950); and by an edition of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (1941-1942). Like Monteverdi's opera, Ulisse is based on the Odyssey (Dallapiccola was annoyed during his work on the opera by frequent statements that the opera was to be "based on James Joyce's Ulysses," a work he was known to admire). Unlike Monteverdi's work, Dallapiccola's opera draws on traditions, beginning with Dante, which see Ulysses's quest as not ending with his homecoming to Ithaca. The work received its premiere on September 29, 1968, by the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Loren Maazel." (Wayne Shirley, "Luigi Dallapiccola's Sketch for Ulisse," Library of Congress)
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Dallapiccola was the most significant Italian composer of his generation. His manuscripts are highly uncommon on the market and we know of only a small number of manuscripts by the composer within the United States, at the Pierpont Morgan and at the Library of Congress.
Dallapiccola, Luigi. (1904–1975). Important Autograph Manuscript, "Ulysses." . Oblong autograph musical manuscript in pencil on printed ruled manuscript paper, 22.5 x 32.5 cm. Title with date, inscription and dedication at head of first page, in blue ink: "from 'Ulysses' (Prologue, 3rd Episode) ['Nausikaa'] to Mr. & Mrs. J. Ferntree, Luigi Dallapiccola / July 12th, 1967, Berlin." Full score music, p. 1 - 4. With the original transmissal envelope, addressed by the composer and bearing a second signature in the return address. Both items dated before the the premiere of the work in Berlin later that year.
A highly detailed and important autograph working manuscript from the influential Italian composer and pianist, with numerous alterations, cancellations and variations from the published score.
"Ulisse, an opera in a prologue and two acts, is the only full-length opera of Luigi Dallapiccola. It was preceded by two one-act pieces, Volo di Notte (1940) and Il Prigioniero (1950); by Job, a "sacra rappresentazione" in one act (1950); and by an edition of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (1941-1942). Like Monteverdi's opera, Ulisse is based on the Odyssey (Dallapiccola was annoyed during his work on the opera by frequent statements that the opera was to be "based on James Joyce's Ulysses," a work he was known to admire). Unlike Monteverdi's work, Dallapiccola's opera draws on traditions, beginning with Dante, which see Ulysses's quest as not ending with his homecoming to Ithaca. The work received its premiere on September 29, 1968, by the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Loren Maazel." (Wayne Shirley, "Luigi Dallapiccola's Sketch for Ulisse," Library of Congress)
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Dallapiccola was the most significant Italian composer of his generation. His manuscripts are highly uncommon on the market and we know of only a small number of manuscripts by the composer within the United States, at the Pierpont Morgan and at the Library of Congress.
A highly detailed and important autograph working manuscript from the influential Italian composer and pianist, with numerous alterations, cancellations and variations from the published score.
"Ulisse, an opera in a prologue and two acts, is the only full-length opera of Luigi Dallapiccola. It was preceded by two one-act pieces, Volo di Notte (1940) and Il Prigioniero (1950); by Job, a "sacra rappresentazione" in one act (1950); and by an edition of Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (1941-1942). Like Monteverdi's opera, Ulisse is based on the Odyssey (Dallapiccola was annoyed during his work on the opera by frequent statements that the opera was to be "based on James Joyce's Ulysses," a work he was known to admire). Unlike Monteverdi's work, Dallapiccola's opera draws on traditions, beginning with Dante, which see Ulysses's quest as not ending with his homecoming to Ithaca. The work received its premiere on September 29, 1968, by the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the direction of Loren Maazel." (Wayne Shirley, "Luigi Dallapiccola's Sketch for Ulisse," Library of Congress)
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Dallapiccola was the most significant Italian composer of his generation. His manuscripts are highly uncommon on the market and we know of only a small number of manuscripts by the composer within the United States, at the Pierpont Morgan and at the Library of Congress.