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| Pizzetti, Ildebrando |
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( ld brän´d p t-ts t´t ) (KEY) , 18801968, Italian opera composer, chiefly concerned with dramatic projection. Among his 23 operas are Fedra (Milan, 1915; libretto by DAnnunzio) and Debora e Jaele (Milan, 1922). Pizzetti often employed polyphonic choruses in his operas and wrote numerous independent choral works. |
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