Casella, Alfredo 1883 - 1947
Author: Jitsukata, Kosuke
Last updated：January 1, 2010
Author: Jitsukata, Kosuke
Composer, pianist, and conductor born in Turin, Italy. He was the most influential musician in the Italian music scene during the interwar period of the 20th century. After entering the Paris Conservatoire in 1896, he based his activities in Paris until his return to Italy in 1915. In Paris, he interacted with Enescu and Ravel, and was greatly influenced by the Russian National School, "modern" composers such as Bartók, Schoenberg, and Stravinsky, as well as avant-garde arts of the time beyond music, including Cubism and abstract painting. After returning to Italy, he founded an organization with like-minded colleagues such as Malipiero, Respighi, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, actively promoting contemporary music. This activity primarily revolved around opera and introduced the latest instrumental music of the time to the stagnant Italian music scene, having a decisive and long-lasting impact on it. In the 1930s, he attained a leading position in the domestic music scene. From 1932, he taught piano at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. From this period, he became inclined towards Fascism and left behind works that glorified it. On the other hand, it is also a fact that Schoenberg's music, despite him being Jewish, was extensively performed at the 1937 Venice Music Festival under Casella's leadership.
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