Primo Casale
Primo Casale (1904–1981) was an Italian-born Venezuelan conductor, composer, and violinist.[1]
Casale was born in
Rhazés Hernández López, performed the opera Virginia by José Ángel Montero
. Hernández López commissioned to Primo Casale the revision of the original manuscripts and its reorquestación, since some parts had gone astray. The direction of the orchestra was also in the hands of Casale. Despite his notable preference for the vocal genre, Casale also composed chamber and symphonic music. Among his most representative works:
- La Perla, for voice and piano
- La Domenica, for voice and piano.
- 1ª Sonata, for violin and piano.
- Il Canto del Creposcolo, for piano, celeste, violin I and II, viola, cello, contrabass;
- Cuentos del Abuelo, for a quintet of metals;
- Sonata in Do, for cello and piano.
- Tres Movimientos Corales, for four-voice choir;
- Motteto per 4 voci virili.
- Ninna Nanna, for orchestra.
- Cinque, for wood quintet ( National Composition Award, 1955).
- Sonata for violin and piano ( National Composition Prize, 1957).
- Sonata Concertante, for violin, viola, cello and piano (National Prize for Composition, 1964).
- Cuatro Invenciones, for orchestra.
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