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Giacinto Scelsi

1905 - 1988

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Giacinto Francesco Maria Scelsi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaˈtʃinto franˈtʃesko maˈriːa ʃˈʃɛlsi]; 8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988, sometimes cited as 8 August 1988) was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for having composed music based around only one pitch, altered in all manners through microtonal oscillations, harmonic allusions, and changes in timbre and dynamics, as paradigmatically exemplified in his Quattro pezzi su una nota sola ("Four Pieces on a single note", 1959). This composition remains his most famous work and one of the few performed to significant recognition during his lifetime. His musical output, which encompassed all Western classical genres except scenic music, remained largely undiscovered even within contemporary musical circles during most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giacinto Scelsi is the 554th most popular composer (up from 601st in 2019), the 2,040th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,198th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Italian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giacinto Scelsi ranks 554 out of 1,451. Before him are Arno Babajanian, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leo Brouwer, Karel Svoboda, Johann Strauss III, and Péter Eötvös. After him are Luigi Rossi, Johann David Heinichen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Franz Doppler, Conradin Kreutzer, and Hermann Scherchen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Giacinto Scelsi ranks 103. Before him are Paul Nizan, Franjo Šeper, Mir Sultan Khan, Nathan Homer Knorr, Savitri Devi, and Myrna Loy. After him are Manuel Ferreira, Robert Stevenson, Jean Daniélou, Gerhard Klopfer, Mikio Naruse, and John Lyng. Among people deceased in 1988, Giacinto Scelsi ranks 70. Before him are Lev Pontryagin, George Uhlenbeck, Vladimír Menšík, Anna Mahler, Andrija Artuković, and Trường Chinh. After him are André Navarra, Edgar Faure, Khalil al-Wazir, Paolo Stoppa, Erich Probst, and Ilona Elek.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacinto Scelsi ranks 2,040 out of 5,161. Before him are Daniele Comboni (1831), Saint Fabiola (400), Vincenzo Catena (1470), Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926), Arduin of Ivrea (955), and Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (-91). After him are Ignazio La Russa (1947), Paolo Veneziano (1300), Luigi Rossi (1597), Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514), Agnes of Montepulciano (1268), and Renato Carosone (1920).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giacinto Scelsi ranks 99. Before him are Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550), Maddalena Casulana (1544), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Remo Giazotto (1910), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580). After him are Luigi Rossi (1597), Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720), Pietro Nardini (1722), and Eduardo di Capua (1865).

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