Pizzetti's De profundis was composed as a result of a shattered friendship with composer Gian Francesco Malipiero, with both composers setting Psalm 130 and dedicating their works to each other after reconciling.
Composition History
Frank Martin's Mass for double choir, written in 1922, remained hidden in a drawer for forty years and was only premiered in 1963.
Composer Biography
Frank Martin, a Swiss composer, started composing at age eight and abandoned studies in mathematics and physics to pursue a musical career.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Martin, a Calvinist, believed that publicly performing an aesthetic work expressing the essence of Christianity was blasphemy, considering his Mass a private matter between God and himself.
Compositional Technique
Pizzetti's Messa di Requiem and Martin's Mass for double choir were both composed in 1922 and are their respective composers' only ventures into liturgical music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Martin's musical language is a blend of Italian Renaissance, Bach, German Romantics, French Impressionists, and Schoenberg's twelve-note system.
Composer Biography
Ildebrando Pizzetti, an Italian composer, reacted early in his career against the melodic and emotional excesses of contemporary Italian opera composers like Puccini and Mascagni.
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