Franco Margola

Franco Margola (30 October 1908 – 9 March 1992, was one of the most important composers in the 20th-century Italian music scene. "He was an indefatigable teacher, lecturer, man of great culture, interested in literature, philosophy, religious history. His style was grounded in the classical tradition, but he was fairly open to the new techniques which were encircling the musical world"[1] He was born in Orzinuovi (Brescia), and died in Nave (Brescia) aged 83.

Compositions

Operas
  • Il mito di Caino
  • Il Titone (lost)

Symphonic works
  • Sinfonia delle Isole, for string orchestra
  • Il campiello delle streghe (1930)
  • Trittico for Strings (1936-7)
  • Arioso for Strings (1939)
  • Notturno e Fuga for String Orchestra (1940)
  • Teorema armonico
  • Sei Madrigali for Strings
  • Antiche Musiche di Virginalisti Inglesi, for Strings
  • Sinfonia per orchestra (published by Bongiovanni in 1961)[2]
  • Passacaglia per orchestra (published by Bongiovanni in 1962)[2]

Concertos
  • Violoncello Concerto Op. 91 (1949)
  • Kinderkonzert No. 1 for Piano and String Orchestra (1954)
  • Kinderkonzert No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra (1954)
  • Partita for Oboe and Strings
  • Little Concerto for Oboe and Strings
  • Concerto for Oboe and Strings [Unfinished]
  • Concertos for oboe, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, guitar, and a double concerto for violin, piano and strings.[3]

Chamber music
  • One quintet published in 1934.[4]
  • 8 String quartets (1935-1950)[5][6]
  • Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 1, dC 17 (1933)[5]
  • Quintet for Piano and Strings No. 2, dC 83 (1946)
  • Quartet No. 7 for Flute and String Trio, dC 87 (1948)
  • Sonatina a sei for Winds and Piano (1961)
  • La Longobarda, for Flute, Oboe, and Piano, dC 208 (1976)
  • Sonata a tre for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
  • Quattro Bagatelle for Winds
  • Piccola Suonata for Violin and Piano (1929)
  • Cello Sonata in E major (between 1931–45)
  • Cello Sonata No. 3 in C major
  • Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major (1931)[5][7]
  • Sonata Breve (No. 3) for Violin and Piano (1937)
  • Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 32 No. 1 (1944)
  • Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 32 No. 1 (1959)
  • Notturnino for Flute and Piano, dC 80 (1945)
  • Duo for Flute and Viola, dC 104 (1953)
  • Partita for Flute and Oboe, dC 115 (1956)
  • Three Pieces for Flute and Piano, dC 116 (1957)
  • Six Duets for Two Flutes, dC 184 (1974)
  • Sonata No. 4 for Flute and Guitar, dC 191 (1974-5)
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano, dC 230 (1978)[8]'
  • Contrasts, for Flute and Contrabass, dC 324 (1983)
  • Five Impressions for Flute and Guitar, dC 698 (1985?)
  • Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
  • Three Pieces for Bassoon and Piano
  • Three Impressioni for Flute in G and Piano (19??)
  • Four sonatas for Flute and Guitar (1974, 75)[5]

Piano Solo
  • Burlesca, dC 1 (1928)
  • Danza a Notturno, dC 3
  • Il Cieco di Lorolenko, dC 7 (1929)
  • Tarantella-Rondò, dC 24 (1938)
  • Piccola Rapsodia d'Autunno, dC 28 (1941)
  • Valzer, dC 36 (1934)
  • Leggenda, dC 39 (1938)
  • Preludio in Do, dC 52 (1938)
  • Toccata, dC 55 (1938)
  • Sonata a Domenico Scarlatti, dC 60 (1944)
  • Preludio in La, dC 64 (1940)
  • Sonatina per Pianoforte, Op. 26, dC 71 (1942)
  • Mosaico, dC 95 (1952)
  • Sei Sonatine Facili, dC 108
  • Tre Pezzi, dC 111 (1955)
  • Quattro Sonatine, dC 112
  • Prima Sonata per Pianoforte, dC 113 (1956)
  • Seconda Sonata per Pianoforte, dC 117 (1957)
  • Terza Sonata per Pianoforte, dC 118 (1957)
  • Sonata Quarta per Pianoforte, dC 122 (1958)
  • Danza e Notturno, dC 123
  • Quindici Pezzi Facili, dC 160 (1970)
  • Altri Quindici Pezzi Facili, dC 179 (1973)
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 188
  • Primavera, dC 189 (1989)
  • Bagatella, dC 215 (19??)
  • Improvviso, dC 248 (1979)
  • Quinta Sonata per Pianoforte, dC 308 (1982)
  • Omaggio ad Uno frai i Più Grandi Musicisti 'Italiani d'Italia', dC 329 (1984)
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 616
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 617
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 619
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 622
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 623
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 626
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 627
  • [Senza Titolo], dC 628
  • Allegro con brio, dC 639
  • Mazurka, dC 641
  • Moderato, dC 642
  • Moderato, dC 643
  • Saltarello, dC 644

Solo Guitar
  • Sonata No. 1
  • Sonata No. 2
  • Sei Bagatelle
  • Trittico
  • Meditativo
  • Ballata
  • Caccia
  • Ultimo Canto
  • Otto Miniature
  • Due Studi

References
  1. Violoncello Concerto Op. 91, NOMOS Edition, Nms 025, Full Score, Urtext - First Edition, Trieste (Italy) 2011, Foreword, p. xi
  2. SBN.it lists a copy at Biblioteca e Archivio musicale dell'Accademia nazionale di S. Cecilia, Rome.
  3. published by Edizioni Curci in 1961 in reduction.
  4. OCLC 18731962.
  5. Earsense.org
  6. Both piano quintets recorded on a 2013 (released 2014) Stradivarius CD.
  7. The first four violin sonatas were recorded on Discover International DICD 920444 (1997).
  8. Notes to "Margola: Opere per Flauto", Bongiovanni CD. OCLC 39217639.

Further reading
  • Cresti, Renzo (1994). Linguaggio musicale di Franco Margola. Milano: G. Miano. OCLC 33072127. Contains a worklist (pp. 63–78).
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