Scelsi, Giacinto 1905 - 1988
Author: Jitsukata, Kosuke
Last updated：January 1, 2010
Author: Jitsukata, Kosuke
In the 1940s, he experimented with dodecaphonic composition but later moved away from compositional methods using tone rows. In his later years, he adopted a timbre-focused compositional approach as his personal idiom, involving the subtle transformation of a single note. The genesis of this approach can be observed even in his early works, such as the "Piano Sonata". His musical idiom influenced Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail (both students of Olivier Messiaen), founders of the Spectral music school, which primarily developed in France. It can also be said that this school built theoretical developments upon Scelsi's idiom. Many of his piano works were composed in the 1930s and 1950s. Given the number and high quality of his works, a re-evaluation of him as a 20th-century piano music composer is awaited.
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Works(21)
Piano Solo (8)
sonata (4)
pieces (2)
suite (7)
Composed in: 1952 Playing time: 29 min 50 sec
Suite No. 10 "Ka: The word 'ka' has many meanings, but the principle one is 'essence'"
Composed in: 1954 Playing time: 23 min 00 sec
variation (2)
Various works (3)