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Songs of Prison
work by Dallapiccola
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- In Luigi Dallapiccola
…triptych Canti di prigionia (1938–41; Songs of Prison) marked him as a mature composer; this work, for chorus with an orchestra of percussion, harps, and pianos, was a protest against Fascist doctrine and was based in part on the chant “Dies Irae” (“Day of Wrath”) from the mass for the…
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