Goffredo petrassi biography
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Goffredo Petrassi
Italian composer of modern classical music, conductor and teacher
Goffredo Petrassi (16 July &#; 3 March ) was an Italian composer of modern classical music, conductor, and teacher.[1] He is considered one of the most influential Italian composers of the twentieth century.[2]
Life
[edit]Petrassi was born at Zagarolo, near Rome. At the age of 15 he began to work at a music shop to supply his family's financial needs, and became fascinated by music. In , he entered the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome to study organ and composition for five years under Vincenzo di Donato.[3] In , composer Alfredo Casella conducted Petrassi's Partita for orchestra at the ISCM festival in Amsterdam.
From to Petrassi was professor of composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory; later, he also became musical director of the opera house La Fenice, and from to he taught in the master courses in composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.
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Goffredo Petrassi
The Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi was born at Zagarolo, near Rome, on 16 July He was trained at a choir school and later studied music in his spare time.
His works are predominately neoclassic, and the development can be traced in a series of eight Concertos for orchestra written between and
Petrassi wrote ballets, choral music and opera. Although his output was quite small, he was an important figure on the twentieth century Italian music scene.
He died in Rome on 3 March , aged ninety-eight.
A selection of articles about Goffredo Petrassi
Classical music news. Obituary - Karl Korte ()
Ensemble. Modern Italian Music in Rome - Works by Francesco Pennisi, Goffredo Petrassi and Marcello Panni, reviewed by Giuseppe Pennisi
Ensemble. A Roman Pietas - Giuseppe Pennisi listens to Petrassi and Shostakovich in Rome
Ensemble. A Pleasure Garden - Two summer concerts on an evening in Rome, heard by Giuseppe Pennisi
Ensemble. A Short Bittersweet Opera -