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Giacinto Scelsi

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Giacinto Scelsi, Count of Ayala Valva (8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988), was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French. He is best known for writing 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 revolutionary "Quattro pezzi su una nota sola" ("Four Pieces on a single note", 1959). His musical output

Top songs

  1. Maknongan
  2. Anahit
  3. Anagamin
  4. Quattro Pezzi I
  5. Elohim
  6. Streichquartett Nr. 4 (1964)
  7. Quattro Pezzi II
  8. Uaxuctum IV
  9. Quattro Pezzi IV
  10. Uaxuctum III
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  1. Uaxuctum II
  2. Uaxuctum I
  3. Uaxuctum V
  4. Quattro Pezzi III
  5. Aion: I. —
  6. Natura renovatur
  7. Duo for Violin and Cello, Part 1
  8. Ohoi
  9. Tre canti popolari, part 1
  10. Anâgâmin
  11. Duo for Violin and Cello, Part 2
  12. Three Latin Prayers for solo voice: Ave Maria for violoncello solo
  13. 4 pezzi (su una nota sola): I. —
  14. Hymnos
  15. Uaxuctum: III. —
  16. Pwyll
  17. Aion IV
  18. Sonate No. 4 premier mouvement
  19. Aion I
  20. Streichquartett Nr. 4
  21. Aion II
  22. Okanagon
  23. Aion III
  24. Ygghur: 1. Old Age
  25. Wo Ma Songs for Bass Voice No. 1
  26. Elegia per Thy, for viola & cello (1958) - 3
  27. Divertimento for violin, No 3 (1955) - 2
  28. Ygghur: 2. Memories
  29. Divertimento for violin, No 3 (1955) - 1
  30. Trio for strings (1958) - 3
  31. Elegia per Thy, for viola & cello (1958) - 1
  32. Ygghur: 3. Catharsis
  33. Suite No. 9 "Ttai" (1953) Non Molto Legato, Ma Sempre Appoggiando Profondamente
  34. Uaxuctum: I.
  35. Three Latin Prayers for solo voice: Alleluja for violoncello solo
  36. Pranam II
  37. Ixor
  38. Tre canti popolari, part 2
  39. Aiôn, quattro episodi di una giornata di Brahama: I
  40. String Quartet No. 4
  41. Divertimento for violin, No 3 (1955) - 4
  42. Aitsi for Piano
  43. 4 pezzi (su una nota sola): II. —
  44. Coelocanth, for viola (1955) - 3
  45. No.18
  46. Elegia per Thy, for viola & cello (1958) - 2
  47. Divertimento for violin, No 3 (1955) - 3
  48. 3 Latin Prayers for Solo Voice: Ave Maria for Cello Solo
  49. Coelocanth, for viola (1955) - 1
  50. Maknongan (1976): for double bass solo
  51. Mantram
  52. String Quartet No. 1, I. Quasi lento
  53. Tre canti popolari, part 3
  54. Tre Pezzi, for E flat clarinet (1954) - I Con moto
  55. Tre Pezzi, for E flat clarinet (1954) - II Non troppo mosso
  56. Ave Maria
  57. 4 pezzi (su una nota sola): III. —
  58. Trio for strings (1958) - 2
  59. Coelocanth, for viola (1955) - 2
  60. Chukrum III
  61. Konx-Om-Pax II
  62. Suite No. 9: Ttai. II
  63. Ixor IV, for B flat clarinet (1954)
  64. Wo Ma Songs for Bass Voice No. 2
  65. 4 pezzi (su una nota sola): IV. —
  66. Konx-Om-Pax I
  67. Sonate No. 4 troisième mouvement
  68. Pfhat II
  69. Sonate No. 4 deuxième mouvement
  70. Trio for strings (1958) - 1
  71. String Quartet No. 3, I. Con grande tenerezza, dolcissimo
  72. Trio for strings
  73. Chukrum IV
  74. Pfhat III
  75. String Quartet No. 5
  76. Chukrum II
  77. Uaxuctum: I. —
  78. Suite No. 11 premier mouvement
  79. Dharana
  80. String Quartet No. 1, II. Molto lento, quasi funebre - Pesante
  81. String Quartet No. 2, I. —
  82. Pfhat IV
  83. Tre Pezzi, for E flat clarinet (1954) - III Scorrevole
  84. Konx-Om-Pax III
  85. Ixor II, for bass clarinet in B flat (1954)
  86. String Quartet No. 1, III. Scherzo
  87. String Quartet No. 2, II. —
  88. Ko-Lho, for flute & clarinet (1966) - I
  89. String Quartet No. 2, III. —
  90. Trio for strings (1958) - 4

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