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Fantasia and Adagio-Capriccio for solo flute Op. 25
Fantasia and Adagio-Capriccio for solo flute Op. 25
Leonardo De Lorenzo: Fantasia and Adagio-Capriccio for solo flute, Op. 25, was written in 1935.
The year 1935 was the most significant turning point in De Lorenzo's professional life. After 12 years as the first flute professor at the Eastman School of Music (1923–1935), he retired at age 60. Following his retirement, he and his wife, pianist Maude Peterson, moved to Santa Barbara, California. Freed from orchestral and teaching duties, he dedicated himself to writing his monumental work, "My Complete Story of the Flute", and refining his solo compositions.
During this time, he intentionally moved away from "new music" trends, choosing instead to compose more simple and lyrical pieces that celebrated the Italian Bel Canto tradition and the traditional folk sounds (like the Saltarello) of his native Viggiano in Italy, a town famous for its itinerant musicians and harp-making.
It is highly likely that the "premiere" was an informal performance for the Los Angeles Flute Club, an organization that was extremely close to him during the mid-1930s.
In Ginevra Petrucci's research and liner notes for "The De Lorenzo Project", she suggests that these pieces were intended as "musical calling cards." Because De Lorenzo was a famous "self-promoter" of the flute, he wrote these short, virtuosic bursts to perform at the many flute clubs and social gatherings he frequented in Southern California after 1935.
De Lorenzo Leonardo
Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875–1962) was an Italian-American flutist, pedagogue, and composer whose career spanned the transition from the golden age of Italian woodwind playing to the establishment of the modern American orchestral tradition.
Born in Viggiano, Italy, a town famous for its itinerant musicians and harp-making, his cultural backdrop deeply influenced his lyrical, "Bel Canto" compositional style. He began studying the flute at age eight with Giacomo Nigro. By the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States but returned to Italy for mandatory military service, during which he played in a military band. He completed his formal musical education at the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella in Naples under the tutelage of the renowned Maestro de Nardis.
De Lorenzo returned to the U.S. in 1909 and quickly ascended to the top of the profession. He served as principal flutist for the New York Philharmonic (under Gustav Mahler), the Minneapolis Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
In 1923, he became the first professor of flute at the Eastman School of Music, a position he held until his retirement in 1935. During this time, he mentored a generation of elite American flutists, including Julius Baker.
His compositions consist primarily of virtuosic flute music, notably the 18 Caprices, Op. 25, and the Suite Mythologique. His style avoided the avant-garde trends of the 20th century, favoring tonal, operatic melodies and technical brilliance.