Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-322
Composed by
Giovanni Scapecchi.
Edited by Raffaello
Ravasio. Saddle
stitching. Piero Bonaguri
Collection. Classical.
Score and Parts. Ut
Orpheus #CH 322.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.CH-322).
ISBN
9790215326309. 9 x 12
inches.
I am
delighted to include in
this series â?? so far
almost totally made up of
pieces written for me
â?? this piece for
guitar and piano composed
by Giovanni Scapecchi and
dedicated to the duo made
up of my former student
Raffaello Ravasio, who
edited the fingering of
the guitar part, and of
Samuele Amidei. I am also
particularly delighted
because this piece was
commissioned by the Duo
Ravasio-Amidei as part of
their full project in
homage to Mario
Castelnuovo-Tedesco on
the fiftieth anniversary
of his death.
In this
composition, there are
many references to the
figure and work of Mario
Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
First of all the duo
guitar-piano is the same
as in Fantasia Op. 145 by
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
(written for Andrés
Segovia and Paquita
Madrigueira), the most
famous piece of the
twentieth century
composed for this
formation. The piece by
Giovanni Scapecchi, in
the form of a Suite of
dances, refers explicitly
to the one by the famous
dedicatee by means of
some references which
appear in the Sarabanda
and in the Giga. The
Crete mentioned in the
title are, of course, the
famous Senese clays
which, with their colours
and shapes, make up a
remarkable part of the
Tuscan landscape.
Furthermore, profound
meanings are attributed
by Giovanni Scapecchi to
the earth which makes up
the clays (like
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, he
is a native of Tuscany,
where he still lives).
The Composer recalls
first of all that the
book of Genesis tells us
that the first man was
taken from the earth
(there is therefore this
primordial connection
between man and earth).
Moreover, the historic
man, Mario
Castelnuovo-Tedesco,
honoured here, maintained
a deep relationship with
his homeland â?? despite
the dramatic separation
due to the enforced exile
to the USA, which took
place in 1939 following
the racial laws.
Stylistically, I then
found a further link
between this piece and
its dedicatee â?? who
was influenced in his
early works by musical
Impressionism â?? in a
certain French atmosphere
running through the
Suite.
(Piero
Bonaguri).
Suite for guitar duo
