English suites and others no. 35

[calimac]

A third Italian composer of the Respighi-Malipiero generation who retold older music was Alfredo Casella. While his best-known work of this kind may be his Scarlattiana, I'm going to introduce you to one going a bit further forward in time, to the early 19th century: Paganiniana.

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Comments

[sartorias]

Wow, I would (in my ignorance) would have sworn that was a mid-twentieth century composition. I kept flashing on forties and fifties movie images.

[calimac]

It is. It's a 1940s retelling of early 19th century themes.

[sartorias]

AHHHH! Ok then, I was not completely crazy.

[cmcmck]

Great fun!