#Alfredo Casella

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The Classic Month with Roberto Roganti: Alfredo Casella

 

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Alfredo Casella (1883–1947) - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 12: I. Lento grave solenne

Conductor: Fabrizio Ventura

Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Münster

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2022: Lynda Baron, all’anagrafe Lilian Baron, attrice britannica attiva in campo televisivo, teatrale e cinematografico. È stata sposata con John M. Lee dal 1966 e la coppia ha avuto due figli, Sarah e Morgan. (n. 1939) 2021: David Bailie, attore sudafricano. Nato in Sudafrica, iniziò a frequentare la scuola in Swaziland e a 15 anni si trasferì con la famiglia nello Zimbabwe e nel 1960 si…

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Bruno Barilli (Parigi)

L'Italia, dunque, avrebbe il torto di non conoscere abbastanza Alfredo Casella, pianista europeo, il più stonato e il più placido dei nostri compositori, l'apostolo, per così dire, della nota falsa, il più pedagogico dei fumisti e fra tanti futuristi, avveniristi, dadaisti, dinamisti, il più intossicato e più angelico di tutti. Quando Giuseppe Verdi sul declinare della vita scrisse <<torniamo all'antico», aveva egli forse veduto con terrore emergere sulla lontana curva evanescente dell'orizzonte il profilo embrionale e fantomatico di Alfredo Casella? Nato con un anticipo di alcune centinaia di anni, giunto inaspettato in queste nostre provincie trasandate e piene di pigre e succulente banalità, capitato fra orecchianti crapuloni e ammiratori smargiassi di Gioacchino Rossini e di Gaetano Donizetti, soffocato da un'atmosfera grassa di cotechino, confuso tra gente scamiciata che mandava giù certi bocconi pesanti come ferri da stirare, Alfredo Casella, il nostro valoroso amico, si strinse nei panni con un brivido, si abbandonò in fretta sino al mento come uno specchio di limone e cercò di passare al largo filando via dissimulato e lieve come un missionario chiamato altrove.

A cura di Antonio Castronuovo Quodlibet Compagnia Extra

Prima uscita: 1938 Editore: Quodlibet Pagine: 192

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Festival delle Nazioni 2023 a Città di Castello

Dal 23 agosto al 7 settembre a Città di Castello e in Valtiberina protagonista della cinquantaseiesima edizione del Festival delle Nazioni sarà l’Italia, come seconda tappa d’un progetto triennale iniziato lo scorso anno e dedicato al rapporto che i tre paesi europei ebbero con i territori in cui hanno lasciato una forte eredità culturale. Il concerto inaugurale del 23 agosto sarà dedicato alla musica del periodo tra Quindicesimo e Sedicesimo secolo, in occasione dei cinquecento anni della morte del Perugino e del Signorelli, che hanno lasciato diverse opere a Città di Castello e nel territorio limitrofo e l’Ensemble Micrologus, uno dei migliori gruppi esperti nella musica di quel periodo, accosterà autori anonimi al sommo Josquin Desprez. È molto attinente al tema del festival Inquietudini ruggenti,  un nuovo spettacolo di parole e musica, che il 24 racconterà gli anni dell’inizio del colonialismo italiano, con testi a cura di Caterina Casini e Fabio Mangolini e musiche composte per l’occasione da Mattia Novelli. Il giorno successivo l’Umbria Ensemble eseguirà musiche strumentali del periodo tra le due guerre mondiali,  tra futurismo e passatismo, con brani notissimi di Puccini e Mascagni, poco noti di Alfredo Casella e rarissimi di Balilla Pratella e Franco Casavola. Il 26 agosto è in programma un concerto in collaborazione con l’Accademia internazionale d’arte lirica di Osimo, che proporrà romanze da camera e canzoni d’autore di quello stesso periodo, alternando grandi musicisti quali Pizzetti, Respighi e Castelnuovo-Tedesco a canzoni dialettali ricche di ironia nei confronti della politica coloniale italiana. Nella sera del 30 si potrà riascoltare la musica leggera italiana degli anni Trenta, Quaranta e Cinquanta nell’interpretazione della Papillon Vintage Swing Band, da Quel motivetto che mi piace tanto  a Nel blu dipinto di blu,  passando per Baciami piccina  e Bellezza in bicicletta. Il concerto dell’1 settembre sarà un omaggio a  Casella nella vita musicale italiana nei primi decenni del Novecento, dove il duo pianistico Alberto Miodini - Pierpaolo Maurizzi eseguirà i suoi Quattro film musicali e la sua trascrizione per pianoforte a quattro mani della Sinfonia n. 7  di Mahler, a testimonianza della precoce intuizione di questo compositore. Il giorno seguente l’Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana diretta da Stefano Seghedoni farà ascoltare alcuni brani sinfonici di Elena Barbara Giuranna, Adriano Lualdi, Guido Pannain e Francesco Santoliquido, inneggianti alle imprese coloniali italiane e il 29 agosto l’Atse Tewodros Project e la scrittrice e performer italiana di origine etiope Gabriella Ghermandi presenteranno brani della musica tradizionale etiope, in stile jazz, includendo canzoni della resistenza etiope contro l’esercito invasore italiano. A chiudere il festival sarà il 7 settembre la prima esecuzione di Ciondolino,  opera da camera di Stefano Garau, su un libretto di Enrico Paci liberamente ispirato al racconto del giornalista ed educatore Luigi Bertelli, noto con lo pseudonimo di Vamba, che coinvolgerà musicisti professionisti ma anche il sistema scolastico musicale di Città di Castello, offrendo ai giovani la possibilità di inserimento in una produzione di teatro musicale. Read the full article

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(Romeo's Blue Skies Episode 16: Alfredo is My Rival! Japanese audio, English subtitles, background music)

Alfredo's special gift and Dr. Casella's high expectations.

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Vox Satanae - Episode 457 - Week of November 18, 2019

Vox Satanae – Episode 457 – Week of November 18, 2019

Vox Satanae – Episode 457 – 136 Minutes – Week of November 18, 2019

This week we hear works by Andrea Gabrieli, Samuel Scheidt, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Muzio Clementi, Alfredo Casella, Bedřich Smetana, Anton Webern, and Marjan Mozetich.

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Alfredo Casella - Pagine di Guerra: “Films” musicali (1915-1919)

Casella was compelled to write the arrangement after watching events of WWI recorded on film; initially for four hands piano and later orchestra.

Had the pleasure of listening to this live and wanted to share. It’s pretty intense (sat directly in front of the piano)... was all misty-eyed after 3rd movement. You gotta listen and imagine the scenes that each piece describes.

Unfortunately, this recording is missing  V. “Nell’ Adriatico”.

Here’s a link to the Orchestral Version 

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Klarheit im August ODER Das Große Fest der Enteinigung. Im Tagebuch des fünfundsiebzigsten Krebstags 2020.

Klarheit im August ODER Das Große Fest der Enteinigung. Im Tagebuch des fünfundsiebzigsten Krebstags 2020.

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Auch dies, nach Maxwell Davies, eine unvermutete Entdeckung., deren Klangwelten mich noch einige Zeit beschäftigen werden — Gian Francesco Malipieros und Alfredo Casellas, mit einem soeben, da ich nun seinen Orchesterliedern lausche, aufglühenden Mentalitätsakzent auf erstrem. Aber auch Malipieros höchst seltsam gezählten,…

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Il Mese Classico con Roberto Roganti: Alfredo Casella

 

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Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) - 5 Lyriques, Op. 2: No. 5, Nuageries ·

Lorna Windsor & Raffaele Cortesi

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Post-romántica clásica 31 / 8.5/10 / 1906

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My Review of Romeo No Aoi Sora

(a.k.a. Romeo’s Blue Skies)

Okay, time for another round of Japan’s World Masterpiece Theater. Unlike Les Miserables and Trapp Ikka Monogatari, I’m jumping into this story blind-folded. I have never heard of the original story in any way and haven’t read the original novel “The Black Brothers”. Okay, let’s see what I can do.

Romeo is an 11 year old boy living with his family in a small town in Switzerland. Times were rough for the family and a lot of the town. Due to a drought, Romeo’s father (Roberto) has had a rough time keeping his crops alive. As a result, it was hard for him to keep food on the table for his family. One day, a man rolls into town. His name is Luini, but everyone refers to him as “The God of Death”. He offers struggling families a chance to earn money by selling their child to Luini. As a result, that child works for that man until they die (or so the rumor goes). While in town, Luini sets his sights on Roberto’s son Romeo and even inquires. Roberto literally told him off and went on about his business. End of story, right? No.

Luini commits arson and burns down Roberto’s crops. And because of the drought, that crop field is a tinderbox waiting to burn. After all the damage, Roberto ends up with a head injury and needs a doctor pretty badly. But with no crops and no animals, he has no income to feed his family. Luini offers a pretty penny for Romeo and Roberto still told him to fuck off. Roberto cares for Romeo so much despite them not being blood related. Yeah, Romeo’s an orphan originally and that was explained in detail in episode 2. Still no matter what, Romeo’s parents love him and will not give him up. But the family is completely destitute at this point and not much can be done. That’s why Romeo made the crucial decision by himself to sell himself to Luini and become a chimney sweep for one year.

On his way to the town, Romeo meets a young boy named Alfredo. The two ended up connecting and swore to look after each other. Once the two became chimney sweeps, they were able to meet up with each other as well as other young boys who became chimney cleaners under the same circumstances. They all decided to become brothers of the black soot (or The Black Brothers). They promised to stick up for one another and stand by one another.

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: As this was part of the World Masterpiece Theater collection, this was never dubbed, nor was it ever picked up out here in the west. However, it was picked up by many other countries years after its debut. Because we Americans are uncultured swines! Now I would like to talk about Toshiko Fujita. Up until recently, I wasn’t aware of her (and no, I have never watched Digimon). It wasn’t until I picked up Trapp Family Story and Cat’s Eye that I really noticed how talented she was and how much of a range she had. I like to give props for those who have a range where it shocks me every time I hear her voice. Makes me want to check out other older animes she was in! Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

*Romeo is played by Ai Orikasa (known for Ryoko on Tenchi Muyo, Tohma on Gravitation, Shizuru on Yu Yu Hakusho, Sealand on Hetalia, Shizuka on Working!!, and Ren from Fruits Basket)

*Alfredo is played by Toshiko Fujita (known for Tai on Digimon, Big Mom on One Piece, Rui on Cat’s Eye, and Matilda on Trapp Ikka Monogatari) [R.I.P.]

*Bianca is played by Akemi Okamura (known for Saturn on Pokemon DP, Koizumi on Lovely Complex, Hinoe on Natsume Yuujinchou, Paninya on FMA: Brotherhood, Mayaya on Princess Jellyfish, and Nami on One Piece)

DISLIKED CHARACTER: It goes without saying that Luini is the one to hate from the get-go! Granted, nearly every adult in this story is just flat-out deplorable (with one exception). Dr. Casella is the best adult in this series. Everyone else is puke! I really want to add Rossi’s old lady to this category as well. That couple reminded me so much of the Thenadiers from Les Miserables. But Rossi changed over time and actually stands up to his barrel-chested wife when she puts Romeo down. She sucks, not him. It’s just I can’t get over those first several episodes with Luini.

I’ve got to wonder if Romeo still would have saved him from drowning in the sea if he knew that Luini was the one that intentionally started the fire that caused the turmoil for Romeo’s father. I’m sure Alfredo would have let him drown to the bottom of the sea if that were the case. Thankfully after the first few episodes, we never see him again.

And then we meet Mauricio and Grazela…

Oh hell no, I’m not using their names! From here on out they are known as the greedy-fuck-ass uncle and aunt. Greedy-fuck-ass uncle was not too happy that his elder brother was head of the Martini family. So him and his greedy fuck-ass wife committed arson. And unlike Luini’s arson attempt, this one had a headcount by taking Alfredo’s parents. But the relentless greedy-fuck-asses try hunting down the children to kill them. But because they could only get their hands on the baby sister Bianca, they use her to try and lure him out.

And did I mention they tried to kill these kids several times, including Romeo as well? These people are scum.

SHIPPING: Hmm…I’m wondering if Romeo and Angeletta will get together in the end or if we get a bros before hoes kinda thing!

Angeletta said she loves Romeo and he said it back. Honestly, I thought she was gonna die in the middle of the series. Instead, she left Italy to go to France for heart surgery. I’m sure Romeo will love her always or fall for Alfredo’s sister. I don’t know, I call it like I see it. And what do we get in the final minute of the finale?

Sonuvabitch, I must be psychic!

Moving away from Romeo...

Alfredo did have someone who had a crush on him. Nikita was the tomboyish girl who was in the Wolf Gang that would always give a hard time to Romeo and the black brothers. She gave off such tsundere vibes whenever she was around Alfredo. They would have gotten together, but you know…things happened.

ACCURATE OR NOT: This portion might be shorter than normal as this is my first experience dealing with this particular tale. I never read The Black Brothers nor viewed any of the adaptations to the story.

*It’s Giorgio, not Romeo. That’s the original name of the main character. Though there is a bit of an Easter egg with this name. In the final episode, we see Romeo all grown up teaching children how to write and one of those children’s names was Giorgio. So at least that wasn’t lost!

*In the book, it was Giorgio’s (Romeo) mother who ends up ill (or breaks a leg) instead of his father. I guess that means the anime over-vilified Luini in the anime as he was behind the fire that caused Roberto’s injury.

*Unless someone can tell me otherwise, I don’t think Piccolo existed in the original story. And Piccolo was this…um…pet that Romeo had throughout the series. Cute little fella, not sure he existed in the original material.

*Angeletta’s name was also different from the book. It was originally Nicolette.

*A lot of Romeo’s stories were kinda told out of order. One in particular was Rossi’s son Anselmo accusing Romeo of stealing from the family and police go on a manhunt for Romeo. In the series, it happened quite early, but it seems like in the book it happened much later towards the end.

*As much as I loved Romeo x Angeletta, even in the book that wasn’t going to happen. The anime was very much accurate at the end where he hooks up with Bianca and they have a son. And yes, they indeed named their son after Alfredo.

*Luini was seen in the series finale with more smuggled children to become chimney sweeps. In the novel, he was put behind bars for his crimes. Now the anime didn’t say if this slimebag got thrown in prison, but the narrator said things were better for the generation of kids after Romeo. So maybe he got thrown in the clink off screen!

ENDING: The final arc of this story revolves around Alfredo. Most of the story up until now had a lot to do with Romeo. Most of it had to do with his friendships with his black brothers, helping Angeletta, or just trying to stay out of trouble with the Rossis. And we do get plenty of content in Alfredo’s story. I knew going into this that Alfredo and his sister have been wanted for some time. I also knew that Alfredo was going to die eventually. Yeah, internet spoilers! I know I’m spoiling it now, but I don’t care. I’m continuing the cycle of spoiling and being an asshole. I just didn’t know how he was going to die and there was just so much against him. Was it his negligent boss Citron, the Wolf Gang beating him up, his greedy-fuck-ass uncle and aunt who want to kill him, or a random disease?

We’ll get to that in a moment! The entire town is in a frenzy due to a royal wedding and banquet. This occasion has brought out royals from all over and unfortunately that’s where Alfredo’s evil aunt and uncle come into play. These two killed Alfredo’s parents by setting them on fire and used Bianca to lure Alfredo out of hiding. It turns out Alfredo is next in line in his own royal family and has an honorary medal the king himself bestowed upon Alfredo’s father. It’s just that Alfredo’s greedy-fuck-ass aunt and uncle want the kids out of the picture so they get the fortune and status. And they do try to off these kids at every opportunity.

During the night of the ceremony, Alfredo got the good with the bad. His sickness is rapidly hitting fever pitch and Romeo had to learn that he might die from Nikita of all people. But there was a temporary truce between the Black Brothers and their long-time rivals the Wolf Gang in order to get Alfredo to the palace. And while greedy-fuck-ass uncle almost killed some of the children, Romeo and Alfredo were able to survive a several story fall and make it to see the king. And thankfully, Alfredo was able to see the king, take down his greedy fuck-ass uncle and aunt, and just all around save the day for him and his sister.

…And then he dies in Romeo’s arms…

Okay, so we now know. Alfredo dies from his long-standing lung disease. But his neglect from the boss didn’t help that cause.

In the aftermath of Alfredo’s death, everyone took the news differently. Romeo was in a deep haze and in a deep depression after Alfredo literally died in his arms. Nikita was at a loss as she had a crush on Alfredo. Bianca was of course sad, but was willing to accept this as a sign that Romeo will live through her brother. The rest of the black brothers were lost now that their leader has passed away. They put Romeo in that awkward position of either becoming the leader of the black brothers or getting the fuck out. Geez guys, dude saw his bro die in his arms. Chill! Romeo took the stand and became the new leader and gathered money for Alfredo to have a burial. At the funeral, almost everyone was there. I say ‘almost’ because I didn’t see Alfredo’s former drunkard of a boss. Minor details!

A few months roll by and it’s getting closer for Romeo, Dante, and some of the other boys to go back to their respective homes as their times as chimney sweeps was up. But around that time, Romeo got an epiphany of what he wants to be when he grows up. He thought about what it would have been like if he had never met Alfredo or the nicest grownup he’s met in Milan, Dr. Casella. And Bianca, now without a brother, decides to live with the kind doctor and wants to grow up to be a nurse. Bianca had an opportunity to go live with other family members but chose to forego her royal family and stay with the kind doctor.

On the day of Romeo’s departure, we get a tearful goodbye from the Rossi’s. Even though that brute-sow wife doesn’t show it, she’s going to miss the boy. Anselmo is still a brat and we’ll leave him there. Romeo makes a deal with Giovanni and the Wolf Gang. The two rival groups make a peace treaty and promise to help each other out in Romeo’s (and Alfredo’s) absence. Dr. Casella took the boys to their hometowns and everyone says their goodbyes. May they live long, happy lives, for no one knows if they’ll ever meet up again. Romeo finally makes it home to his parents, grandmother, and little brothers.

We even get a glimpse of Romeo in the future. He stuck to his promise of becoming a teacher. Romeo even ends up marrying Bianca and they have a son they named Alfredo. The world is a little better now so children don’t have to be taken away to become chimney sweeps in order to help their families. Romeo will see to it with the new generation he’s teaching.

This was a cute story. Romeo grows so much in just a few short months. He was a silly, illiterate boy. Now, he’s able to read, he’s dealt with so much in his young life that groomed him into a pretty stable person. And since this was a story I was unaware of what was going to happen next, it was nice to go through it all without too many spoilers ruining it for me or a massive fanbase ruining it. Despite the heavy moments, this was a cute story with Romeo the spunky chimney-sweep.

I was a little confused at the end seeing Romeo and Dante being able to leave Milan after one year as chimney sweeps. Because I distinctly remember the beginning of the series where the grown-ups were scared when Luini rolled into town! Didn’t they say that children taken by Luini never come back? Okay, I guess it is kinda true in some cases once I thought about it. A lot of the boys Luini took at the beginning drowned a horrible death. And as we all know, Alfredo never made it out. I guess Romeo and Dante or some of the lucky ones to return home.

Anyways, if you’re a fan of these animes where Japan takes old literary classics and animates them, give this one a try.

Time to randomize and watch another unlicensed gem…Nope, I’m not doing it.

Okay, I’m going to do something a little different. I’m turning off the randomizer today and picking my own choice. I’m kind of going against my own protocol as I’m choosing an anime that was made prior Fall 1986. I have a different list for anything made before that particular time. It’s still unlicenced, it’s just that I’m not going to wait until after I finish Cat’s Eye. With that said, my next anime to watch that’s an unlicenced gem will be…

Princess Sara!

Why yes children, there is an anime to A Little Princess. And that’s why I picked this one!