War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, Britten

This essay aims to approach how classical music has responded to the impact of World War II. We will study three pieces of work produced shortly after the event itself, but whose authors space and aesthetics are far removed: Luigi Nono’s Il canto sospeso (1955-56), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody fo...

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Main Author: Manuel Pacheco Sánchez
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Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2017-05-01
Series:Revista de Filología Románica
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/55874
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spelling doaj-0e4627d7fc044013a2e9a3ff71d2a2062020-11-24T21:32:28ZcatUniversidad Complutense de MadridRevista de Filología Románica0212-999X1988-28152017-05-0133021922610.5209/RFRM.5587451798War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, BrittenManuel Pacheco Sánchez0Facultad de Filología Universidad complutense de MadridThis essay aims to approach how classical music has responded to the impact of World War II. We will study three pieces of work produced shortly after the event itself, but whose authors space and aesthetics are far removed: Luigi Nono’s Il canto sospeso (1955-56), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1959), and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem (1961-62), which we will approach from the perspective of memory, the relationship between text and music, and its musical parameters.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/55874memoria, música, Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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memoria, música, Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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title War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, Britten
title_short War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, Britten
title_full War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, Britten
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publisher Universidad Complutense de Madrid
series Revista de Filología Románica
issn 0212-999X
1988-2815
publishDate 2017-05-01
description This essay aims to approach how classical music has responded to the impact of World War II. We will study three pieces of work produced shortly after the event itself, but whose authors space and aesthetics are far removed: Luigi Nono’s Il canto sospeso (1955-56), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1959), and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem (1961-62), which we will approach from the perspective of memory, the relationship between text and music, and its musical parameters.
topic memoria, música, Segunda Guerra Mundial.
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/55874
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