Gian Francesco Malipiero

Gian Francesco Malipiero was an Italian composer, musicologist, music teacher and editor.

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Gian Francesco Malipiero, born in Venice in 1882, is described by The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924) as an “able Italian composer.” He received his training as a pupil of the Bologna Liceo and of Bruch, and by 1921, he had become a teacher at the Parma Conservatory. The same encyclopedia notes that “especially since 1911 he has been counted one of the leading Italian progressives.” His compositional output includes stage-works such as Elen e Fuldano, Canossa (1914), Pantea, and Orfeo, along with a “mystery” titled Francesco d’ Assist. Among his many orchestral works are the earlier Sinfonia del Mare, Sinfonia del Silenzio e della Morte, and Arione (a poem for ’cello and orchestra), as well as later pieces like Impressioni dal Vero (two series, the first from 1911), Pause del Silenzio, Ditirambo Tragico, Armenia (a suite), and Illustrazione Sinfonica per una Favola Cavalleresca. Malipiero also composed a string-quartet, a ’cello-sonata, the choral work Canto Notturno dun Pastore, and various piano pieces and songs. In 1920, he was awarded the Coolidge prize for chamber-music at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as recorded by Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians: American Supplement (1920), a prize offered annually for the best chamber-work submitted to the Berkshire Festivals of Chamber Music. Beyond his compositions, Malipiero has also edited and discussed “music of the olden time,” and a sketch of him by Jean-Aubry appeared in Musical Times in 1919, according to The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924).