War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, Britten

  • Manuel Pacheco Sánchez Facultad de Filología Universidad complutense de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/RFRM.55874
Keywords: memory, music, World War II.

Abstract

This essay aims to approach how classical music has responded to the impact of World War II. We will study three pieces of work produced shortly after the event itself, but whose authors space and aesthetics are far removed: Luigi Nono’s Il canto sospeso (1955-56), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1959), and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem (1961-62), which we will approach from the perspective of memory, the relationship between text and music, and its musical parameters.

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Published
2017-04-24
How to Cite
Pacheco Sánchez M. (2017). War and memory: Nono, Penderecki, Britten. Revista de Filología Románica, 33, 219-226. https://doi.org/10.5209/RFRM.55874
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Vol. 33 (2016): Nº Especial: Reflejos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en la literatura y las artes II
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