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Giacinto Scelsi
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Italian composer and poet (1905-1988)
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It sits within the topics 1905 births, 1988 deaths and 20th-century Italian classical composers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1988
- Works
- 17
Top works
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- L'homme du son
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1905-01-08
- Active to
- 1988-08-09
Discography
- Canti del Capricorno1987
- Aion / Pfhat / Konx-Om-Pax1988
- Elegia per ty / Divertimento n° 3 pour violon / L’Âme ailée / L’Âme ouverte / Cœlocanth / Trio à cordes1989
- Giacinto Scelsi1989
- Quattro pezzi per orchestra / Anahit / Uaxuctum1989
- Aperghis: Récitations / Scelsi: Canti del Capricorno1990
- Hurqualia / Hymnos / Chukrum1990
- Les cinq quatuors à cordes / Trio à cordes / Khoom1990
- Quattro illustrazioni / Xnoybis / Cinque incantesimi / Duo pour violon et violoncelle1990
- Bot‐Ba1992
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 52,403
- Total plays
- 742,529
Tags
Giacinto Scelsi, Count of Ayala Valva (8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988), was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for writing music based around only one pitch, altered in all manners through microtonal oscillations, harmonic allusions, and changes in timbre and dynamics, as paradigmatically exemplified in his revolutionary "Quattro pezzi su una nota sola" ("Four Pieces on a single note", 1959). His musical output <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Pitelli
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- poetry
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- ECM Records
- Image
- Giacinto Scelsi.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1905-01-08
- date of death
- 1988-08-09
- Commons category
- Giacinto Scelsi
- place of burial
- Campo Verano
- name in native language
- Giacinto Scelsi, Conte di Ayala Valva
- P8168
- La Baume-de-Transit
- P12674
- Hyaenodontidae
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