The music on this album comes from a brief but important period in Italian culture between the two world wars, when Rome became a significant cultural center.
Composer Biography
Giovanni Salviucci (1907-1937) studied with Alfredo Casella, a prominent Italian composer, who helped him connect with the international music scene and Roman cultural life.
Compositional Technique
Giovanni Salviucci's Chamber Symphony for Seventeen Instruments follows the neoclassical style, adopting the traditional four-movement form of Haydn's symphonies.
Composer Biography
Iditta Parpagliolo Salviucci (1904-1994) studied at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory with Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo, who was the wife of the famous Italian composer Ottorino Respighi.
Composer Biography
Iditta Parpagliolo Salviucci married Giovanni Salviucci in 1934 and had three children before his premature death in 1937, which marked the end of her composing activity.
Compositional Technique
Iditta Parpagliolo Salviucci's 'Tre canti d'amore' (Three Love Songs) were published in a luxury edition with Oriental-inspired etchings, dedicated to her teacher Elsa Respighi.
Composition History
Iditta Parpagliolo Salviucci dedicated her 'Tre canti dell'amore' (Three Love Songs) to her teacher, Elsa Respighi, as a tribute.
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