Vincent (Ludwig) Persichetti

"The Flower Carrier" (1935), oil and tempera on masonite, 121.9 x 121.3 cm, of the painter Diego Rivera, contemporary of Persichetti (Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco)

(1915-1987)

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Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of 1900

Vincent (Ludwig) Persichetti was born in Philadelphia on the 6th June 1915, the same year of the composers Catunda, Cockshott, Cumbersworth, Ehrlich, Gallois-Montbrun, Hanus, Kilpatrick, Kondorossy, Kovách, Landowski, Lee, Legley, Nystedt, Pajaro, Quinet, Richter, Sagaev, Searle, Surinach, Toda, Vallerand, Van de Woestijne. He died in Philadelphia on the 13rd August 1987

OPERE

"Parable XX: The Sibyl" was performed on the 13rd of April 1985

LIEDER

"Robin" (If I can stop one heart from breaking), op. 68 n. 3, published in 1956, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"Out of the morning" (Will there really be a morning), op. 77 n. 1, published in 1957, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"When the hills do" (Alter? When the hills do), op. 77 n. 3, published in 1957, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"The grass" (The grass so little has to do), op. 77 n. 4, published in 1957, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"I'm nobody" (I'm nobody! Who are you), op. 77 n. 2, published in 1957, text of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"A clear midnight" (This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless), op. 103 n. 3, published in 1967, text of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

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