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Franco Alfano: Valse (Tanzweise), Op.11 No.4

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2015 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a waltz by the Neapolitan composer Franco Alfano - best known for his operas, and his completion of Puccini's 'Turandot'.
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#2 from '4 pièces', Op.11 (1898)
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The Italian composer Franco Alfano (1875–1954) was born in Naples, and studied at the conservatory there, before undertaking  postgraduate studies in Leipzig.  From thence he went to Berlin - which is maybe where he wrote this quite Germanic piece.  As well as composing operas (and works in many other genres), Alfano held teaching posts at several Italian conservatories after the First World War.  His reputation has maybe suffered post World War 2, as a result of his support for Mussolini (who was the dedicatee of a string quartet, and who supported him financially when he fell on hard times during the war).  For more on Alfano, read the fascinating biography in this treatise: http://is.gd/tNijoQ

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