A book available from Martin Silver: COMITATO NAZIONALE DELLE ONORANZA A PIETRO MASCAGNI NEL PRIMO CENTENARIO DELL NASCITA Pietro Mascagni: contributi alla conoscenza ella sua opera nel 1o centario della nascita Livorno NP 1963. good but disbound with covers intact and clean. 692 p. This imprtant volume is rather seldomly seen. Inspite of its condition it is a very important source ofmaterial. Nine long articles by Gavazzeni, Roncaglia, Barnadini-Marzolla, Morini, Boncocorsi, Gualerzi, Arrighi, Celleti and Gragnani.The last a chronologyof the life and wors of M. 1st edition. Binding is hb. Book # 004432 Price: US$ 80.00 Homepage of Martin A. Silver, CA, U.S.A. and it is interesting to note that the Futurists were interested in Pietro: that in itself is a little odd--From the manifesto of Futurist Musicians (1912) http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/musicians.html "Publishers assume protection and power over public taste, and, with the complicity of the critics, they evoke as example or warning amidst the tears and general chaos, our alleged Italian monopoly of melody and of bel canto, and our never sufficiently praised opera, that heavy and suffocating crop of our nation. Only Pietro Mascagni, the publishers’ favorite, has had the spirit and power to rebel against the traditions of art, against publishers and the deceived and spoilt public. His personal example, first and unique in Italy, has unmasked the infamy of publishing monopolies and the venality of the critics. He has hastened the hour of our liberation from commercial czarism and dilettantism in music; Pietro Mascagni has shown great talent in his real attempts at innovation in the harmonic and lyrical aspects of opera, even though he has not yet succeeded in freeing himself from traditional forms. The shame and filth that I have denounced in general terms faithfully represent Italy’s past in its relationship with art and with the customs of today: industry of the dead, cult of cemeteries, parching of the vital sources." John Mucci 9 DeForest Rd Wilton, CT 06897 203-761-0083 www.jmucci.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
