Aldo Clementi obituary

Italian composer with a quiet approach to problems of creationAldo Clementi, who has died aged 85, was the last survivor of the great generation of Italian postwar musical avant-gardists. He was also its quietest and most self-effacing member, both personally and musically. After a hesitant start, he developed a technique that allowed him to produce works as calmly consistent in sound and technique as a Renaissance motet, and some would say just as beautiful.He was born in Catania, Sicily, far f...

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