Born: 21-Apr-1920
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 13-Nov-1973
Location of death: Darmstadt, Germany
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Composer, Conductor

Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Avant-garde composer

Military service: Italian Partisan Resistance (WWII)

Child prodigy, began studying music at age 4. Worked under Gian Francesco Malipiero at Venice, where he met Luigi Nono. Serialist composer, experimented briefly with tape music in the late 1950s.

    University: Composition, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy (1941)
    Teacher: Composition, Venice Conservatory (1947-50)
    Teacher: Composition, Milan Conservatory (1957-58)

    Nazi Concentration Camp Inmate

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