Iacobus Leodiensis [Iacobus de Montibus, Iacobus de Oudenaerde]

Iacobus Leodiensis [Iacobus de Montibus, Iacobus de Oudenaerde].

See Jacobus of Liège.

Iacovelli, Mercurio.

See Jacovelli, Mercurio.

IAML.

See International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres.

Iannaccone, Anthony (Joseph)

(b Brooklyn, NY, 14 Oct 1943). American composer. He studied composition with Ludmila Ulehla, Vittorio Giannini and David Diamond at the Manhattan School of Music (1961–8, MM) and with Samuel Adler at the Eastman School (1968–71, PhD); he also studied privately with Copland between 1959 and 1964. He taught briefly at the Manhattan School (1967–8) and in 1971 was appointed professor of composition at Eastern Michigan University, where he founded the school's electronic music studio; in 1973 he became director of the Collegium Musicum. He has received awards from the NEA, the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Foundation, and other organizations.

After an early phase of nearly orthodox serialism from 1967 to 1975, his music diverged into what the composer described as ‘small-audience’ music – abstract and intense works such as Mobiles for brass and percussion – and ‘large audience’ music, wherein melody and cohesiveness are paramount and characterize works such as the Divertimento (1983) and much of his vocal and wind-ensemble writing. His craft reaches its zenith in his synthesis of the two styles in the Two-Piano Inventions, which won the SAT/C.F. Peters competition in 1990, and the Third Symphony; in both these works, organic growth inspires music of great strength and formal clarity, as opening bars generate the textural and thematic contours that forge contrasting sections of reflection and cross-rhythmic dynamism. In addition to the impact of Stravinsky, Bartók and Debussy, the poetry of Walt Whitman has proved a frequent source of inspiration, culminating in his Third Symphony with its effective imagery of Whitman's metaphors of night and rivers.

WORKS

(selective list)

Orch: Suite, 1962; Sym. no.1, 1965; Sym. no.2, 1966; Concertino, vn, orch, 1967; Lysistrata, concert ov., 1968; Variations, vn, orch, 1969; Interlude, wind band, 1970; Antiphonies, wind band, 1972; Scherzo, sym. band, 1976; Of Fire and Ice, sym. band, 1977; Images of Song and Dance: l Orpheus, wind band, 1979–82, 2 Terpsichore, wind band, 1981; After a Gentle Rain, sym. band, 1980; Plymouth Trilogy, wind band, 1981; Divertimento, 1983; Apparitions, wind band, 1986; Sym. no.3 ‘Night Rivers’, 1990–92; Sea Drift, sym. band/wind band, 1993; Concertante, cl, orch, 1994; Crossings, 1996; West End Express, 1997

Chbr and solo inst: Parodies, wind qnt, 1958; Pf Trio, 1959; Retail Rags, pf, 1959; Sonata, va, pf, 1961; Sonata no.1, vn, pf, 1964; Str Qt no.1, 1965; Partita, pf, 1967; Hades, brass qt, 1968; Remembrance, va, pf, 1968, arr. a sax, pf, 1971; 3 Mythical Sketches, brass qt, 1971; Sonata no.2, vn, pf, 1971; Anamorphoses, 2 tpt, trbn, perc, 1972; Keyboard Essays, pf, 1972; Rituals, vn, pf, 1973; Bicinia, fl, a sax, 1974; Night Song, bn, pf, 1975; Sonatina, tpt, tuba, 1975; Aria concertante, vc, pf, 1976; Invention, 2 a sax, 1978; Trio, fl, cl, pf, 1979; Toccata Variations, org, 1983; 2-Pf Inventions, 1985; Octet, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bn, hn, 1985; Sonata no.3, vn, pf, 1985; Mobiles, brass, perc, 1986; Toccata Fanfares, 6 brass, 1986; Pf Qnt, 1996; Str Qt no.2, 1997

Vocal: 3 Songs on Immortality (P.B. Shelley, A.E. Housman, E. Dickinson), S, pf, 1962; Magnificat, chorus, orch, 1963; Solomon's Canticle, SATB, 1968; The Prince of Peace (Bible), S, Mez, Bar, B, chorus, orch, 1970; Music Strong I Come (W. Whitman), SATB, chbr ens/2 pf, 1974; The Sky is Low, the Clouds are Mean (Dickinson), SATB, 1976; Song of Thanksgiving (Song of Thanks) (L.N. Woodruff), SATB, 1980; Walt Whitman Song no.1, solo vv, chorus, wind, 1980; Autumn Rivulets, chorus, orch, 1984; A Whitman Madrigal, SATB, pf, 1984; Chautauqua Psalms, chorus, pf, 1987

Works for tape

Principal publishers: C. Fischer, Kjos, Ludwig, C.F. Peters, Presser, E.C. Schirmer, Seesaw

BIBLIOGRAPHY

S. Kalib: ‘Analysis of Iannaccone's Apparitions’, Journal of Band Research, xxv/1 (1989), 2–64

W. Probst: ‘Anthony Iannaccone: Musik sowohl für den normalen Konzert Besucher als auch für Kenner’, Clarino, viii/1 (1997), 37 only

STEPHEN W. ELLIS

Ianus, Martin.

See Jahn, Martin.

IASA.

See International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives.

Iaşi

(Ger. Jassy).

Town in north-eastern Romania. Founded in 1387, it was the capital of the medieval province of Moldavia and is one of the most ancient musical centres in the country. In the 19th century it was ceded by the Turks to Russia; from 1854 it came under Austrian rule until independence in 1918. Traditional fiddle music was an important part of musical life from the 14th century. The Academia Vasiliană, opened in 1640, was a school for artistic and cultural education taught in Greek and Slavonic languages. The scholar and composer Dimitrie Cantemir studied at the Academia Domnească (open 1714–1821). An early documented art music performance was that of a Te Deum by Giuseppe Sarti in 1788. French and Italian opera was given by visiting troupes in the early 19th century; in 1838 Bellini’s Norma was given in Romanian by conservatory students. The National Theatre in Copou, Iaşi, was inaugurated in 1846; the present Romanian Opera House was built in 1896. By 1851 there was a resident company that performed Italian opera, often with soloists from La Scala. The Societatea Lirică opera company was founded in 1878. The Conservatorul Filarmonic-Dramatic was established in 1836 and the Conservatorul de Muzică şi Declamaţiune in 1860, the same year in which the university was founded. A Romanian Philharmonic Society was organized in 1868; similar initiatives followed (1877, 1905, 1916, 1918), leading to the establishment of the George Enescu Symphonic Society in 1918, its conductors including Enescu, Antonin Ciolan (1883–1970) and Mircea Bârsan (1897–1977). In the late 19th century and the early 20th concerts were given by, among others, Liszt, B.H. Romberg, Auer, Henryk Wieniawski, Alexandre Artôt, Nedbal and Weingartner.

The Filarmonica de Stat Moldova orchestra, established in 1942, was the first state orchestra in Romania. Attempts were made to organize a Romanian music theatre company in 1916 and 1930; the Opera de Stat was founded in 1956 and has given premières of works by Doru Popovici, Mansi Barberis, Teodor Bratu, Vasile Spătărelu, Viorel Doboş and others. In the latter part of the 20th century concerts were given by Anatole Fistoulari, Rudolf Kerer, Václav Neumann, Carlo Zecchi, Roberto Benzi, K.H. Adler, Adolf Busch, Sviatoslav Richter, Dmitry Bashkirov, Aldo Ciccolini, D.B. Shafran and Igor Oistrakh. Under conductors including Achim Stoia, Ion Baciu (1931–95), Gheorghe Vintilă (b 1924), Corneliu Calistru (b 1941) and Gheorghe Costin (b 1955), the Filarmonica Moldova rose to international acclaim, touring in Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria and elsewhere. The Gavriil Musicescu choir was founded in 1953; its conductors included George Pascu (1912–96) and Ion Pavalache (b 1927). The Voces string quartet was based in Iaşi for more than 25 years before moving to Bucharest in 1996. Other ensembles are the Concentum Musicum trio, the Musica Serena ensemble, the Musica Viva orchestra and the Cantores Amicitiae chamber choir. The journals Arta and Byzantion are published in Iaşi. The town is the site of the Festivalul Muzicii Româneşti (Romanian Music Festival) and the international Festum Musicae.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

T.T. Burada: Conservatorul de muzică din Iaşi (Iaşi, 1875–6)

T.T. Burada: Istoria muzicală a oraşului Iaşi (1780–1860) (Iaşi, 1888)

T.T. Burada: Istoria teatrului în Moldova (Iaşi, 1915–22, rev. 2/1975 by I.C. Chiţimia)

V. Cosma: România muzicală (Bucharest, 1980)

M. Cozmei: 125 de ani de învăjământ artistic de stat, 1860–1985 (Iaşi, 1985)

R. Constantinescu: Temă cu variaţiuni: memoriile unui muzician (Iaşi, 1986)

G. Pascu: 100 ani de la înfiintarea Conservatorului de Muzică ‘George Enescu’ (Iaşi, 1986)

I. Sava and G. Pascu: Muzicienii Iaşului (Bucharest, 1987)

M. Cozmei: 50. Filarmonica ‘Moldova’-Iaşi (Iaşi, 1992)

M. Cozmei: Pagini din istoria învăjământului artistic din Iaşi (Iaşi, 1995)

VIOREL COSMA