The Aesthetical Writings of Giacinto Scelsi

Franco Sciannameo is College of Fine Arts Distinguished Scholar & Teaching Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Nino Rota’s The Godfather Trilogy (2010), Phil Trajetta (Venice, 1776-Philadelphia, 1854), Patriot, Musician, Immigrant (2010), Experiencing the Violin Concerto (2016), Musicians’ Migratory Patterns: The Adriatic Coast (2018), and Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy (2020). Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini, one of Italy’s foremost musicologists and twentieth-century music specialists, has written on Casella, Nono, Petrassi, and Scelsi among many others. She has edited both Italian and French editions of Giacinto Scelsi’s autobiography Il sogno 101 (both published in 2010). Pellegrini is the President of the Verdi National Archive, Professor at the Conservatorio “Domenico Cimarosa” in Avellino, and Scientific Director of the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi in Rome.

00a List of Figures

00b Preface by Eric Drott

00c Introduction and Acknowledgments

PART ONE

01 Prologue

02 The Meaning of Music

03 The Evolution of Harmony

04 The Evolution of Rhythm

05 Art and Satanism

06 Unity and Equality of the Arts

07 Epilogue

PART TWO

08 Introduction

09 Sound and Music

10 Art and Knowledge

11 Conclusion

12 Bibliography

13 Discography

14 Index

15 Authors’ bios