Gian Francesco Malipiero

Extremely prolific, highly uneven, and tremendously influential, Gian Francesco Malipiero came to be regarded -- even by other Italian composers -- as the most original musical mind of his day and place. His music fused modern techniques with the stylistic qualities of early Italian music. In his youth Malipiero briefly enrolled as a violin student at the Vienna Conservatory, and also studied in Venice and Bologna (where he obtained a diploma in composition from the G.B. Martini Music School in 1904). In 1913 he traveled to Paris, where he was influenced by French Impressioni...