Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy

Franco Sciannameo

doi:10.5771/9781498569019

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Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy provides new contextualized perspectives on Ennio Morricone’s position as a radical composer working at the cutting edge of music within the frame work of his cinematic compositions. The Italian composer has reached world fame as the creator of some 500 film scores and hundreds more arrangements for commercial recordings; however, Sciannameo argues that Morricone’s legacy must include his concert works, a catalogued list of more than 100 titles. By analyzing the composer’s formative years as a music practitioner and his transition into the world of composing for the screen, Franco Sciannameo reconsiders the best of Morricone’s popular compositions and reveals the challenging concert works which have been an intimate expression of Morricone’s lifelong creative season. Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone exploresMorricone’s legacy, its nature, and its eventual impact on posterity.

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-6900-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-6901-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 186
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Ch01. In the Open City No access Pages 9 - 30
Ch02. Once Upon a Time Babylon No access Pages 31 - 46
Ch03. In the Lion’s Den No access Pages 47 - 76
Ch04. Toward a New Consonance No access Pages 77 - 94
Ch05. Scoring Social Justice No access Pages 95 - 116
Ch06. Legacy No access Pages 117 - 142
Appendix 1. Piccolo Concerto 1961 and 1962 Programs No access Pages 143 - 158
Appendix 2. Canto Morricone No access Pages 159 - 168
Bibliography No access Pages 169 - 172
Index No access Pages 173 - 184
About the Author No access Pages 185 - 186