Nazario Carlo Bellandi (February 24, 1919 in

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– April 20, 2010 in Rome) was an Italian

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, and

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Education

Maestro Nazario Carlo Bellandi in 1942 obtained the Diploma in Composition at the Conservatory of St Cecilia in Rome. Two years later obtained the Diploma in

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at the same Conservatory. In 1946 he specialized in Choral Conducting and in Film Music Composition at the Roman Academy of St Cecilia. In 1947 he got the Diploma in Gregorian Chant at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. In 1948 he obtained the Diploma in

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and Organ Composition at the Conservatory of St Cecilia. In 1949 he was awarded the Magistrum in Organ at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and the specialization in Organ at the Academy Chigiana of Siena, Italy. He also specialized in Musical Paleography at the University of Bologna, Italy. He also studied at the Conservatory of Palermo and the

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, Italy, during his frequent transfers. He studied with Renzo Silvestri (piano), Ferruccio Vignanelli and

Fernando Germani Fernando Germani (5 April 1906 – 10 June 1998) was an organist of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome during the reign of Pope Pius XII. Early life Germani was born in 1906 and played the piano and violin in public at four years of age. At ag ...

(organ), and Alessandro Bustini (composition). He was a fellow student for several years of

Carlo Maria Giulini Carlo Maria Giulini (; 9 May 1914 – 14 June 2005) was an Italian conductor. From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conserva ...

Bruno Maderna Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s thr ...

, Armando Renzi and Guido Turchi.

Teaching activities

From 1949 to 1989/90, Maestro Bellandi taught for 40 consecutive years. For the first 25 years of teaching he held the Chair of Professor of Organ and Organ Composition at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Since 1974 he was Professor of Composition at the same Conservatory. He also held the chairs Professor of the Main Organ,

Harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

, and

Counterpoint In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more musical lines (or voices) which are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour. It has been most commonly identified in the European classical tradi ...

. He also held the Chair of Complementary Harmony and Counterpoint at the Conservatory of Naples and taught at the Institute ST Alessio in Rome. He received several nominations for teaching in Italy: piano for the Conservatory of Turin,

Gregorian Chant Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe durin ...

for the

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, Harmony and Counterpoint for the conservatory in Naples, 2nd place in the national ranking of qualified Professors for the teaching of the Harpsichord and the Organ and Organ Composition for the conservatories in

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and in

Work

Works for organ (for teaching purposes)

The cycle for organ is in part constructed with educational intent, aimed at solving problems related to specific subjects of study of the Chair of the Organ and Organ Composition. These are collections of "Fugues for organ" for the study of organ composition, the "Musical Flowers" in the imagery of

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, Chorales inspired by

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

, the motets for solo voice and organ, a number of preludes and fugues in various tones (among them the composition for the study of the chromatic scale), and the "24 canonical Variations " for the study and the application of the "Guide to the Canon."

The three sonatas for organ

Beyond the specific scope of teaching, there are other works aimed at contributing to the literature for the organ. These works are, among others, the three sonatas for organ and the two symphonies for choir and organ. The First

Sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

is based on the "Canonical Tables" devised by the author. After the chorale, variations follow:

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on the eighth, canon on the seventh, canon on the second, canon on the sixth, canon on the fourth, canon on the fifth, canon on the third, a prelude to the fugue and finally a fugue. The Second Sonata uses

musical mode In music theory, the term mode or ''modus'' is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context. Its most common use may be described as a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic and harmonic behaviors. It ...

as well as

tonality Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions and directionality. In this hierarchy, the single pitch or triadic chord with the greatest stability is call ...

, at times blending romantic mood with mathematical rationality. The third Sonata adopts the

twelve-tone The twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition first devised by Austrian composer Josef Matthias Hauer, who published his "law o ...

technique and

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with unscrupulous critical rethinking, solving the alleged hypothetical atonality of the tonal system in a tonal panchromatism.

The Ecumenical Symphony

The "Ecumenical Symphony" for choir and organ is constructed on the Latin literary text and music of the Introit of the Mass of the first

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and of the Antifona ad laude of the Ascension Domini, as well as on the German text and music of the Chorale "Our Father" by

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Reformation, Protestant Refo ...

. The symphony is called

Ecumenical Ecumenism (), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjec ...

because, through the specific musical language and both the

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and German texts, it surges to a new expressive synthesis of ancient and modern sources to symbolically show the transformation of the aspects of human life into the transcendent reality and unity. The first movement, on the text of the Gregorian Advent, is in the classic form of "first movement of sonata" with equal importance of the organ and the choir. The Gregorian and the Lutheran choral themes match and merge through traditional and nontraditional harmonic procedures, such as non-tonal, modal, polytonal, twelve-tone serial, and so on. The second movement (Adagio), all performed by solo organ, draws on the Antifona of the Ascension, and culminates in a melodic-recitative meditation of variations on the chorale of the Our Father with musical themes on twelve-tone series. The third movement (

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) for solo organ expresses a word of contrast, and culminates in the fourth movement (Final) in the form of an organ

Fugue In music, a fugue () is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (a musical theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and which recurs frequently in the c ...

in a twelve-tone series, yet emersed in the context of a tonal-polytonal harmonic framework. Here the choir intervenes from time to time by interpolating with the German text of the Our Father, in a mono-rhythmic harmonic form.

The Eucharist Symphony

The "

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Symphony" starting from the first movement (Fugue for organ) is expressed with musical themes that recur from various technical aspects. There is a gradual process that, starting from the exaggerated and dark (even atonal) chromatism of the first two movements, is resolved in lyrical simplicity and clarity in the third movement, and leads to the triumphant and bright choral meditation in the fourth movement, to represent the mystery of a renewed humanity in the Eucharist. This symphony ends with a finale on the medieval text "Pange Lingua" in 45 variations.

The Fugue for Organ on the Name of BACH

The Fugue for organ based on the name of

, on the scheme B-A-C-H, is a contrapuntal study with chromatic harmony.

Other works for organ

The above list of works also includes works for organ other than those discussed so far.

Works for choir, orchestra, piano, strings and other instruments

The Maestro has composed several works for different instruments apart from the organ, such as compositions for strings, quartets, sonatas for violin, piano, orchestra and soloists, etc. Particularly noteworthy are the " Canticle of Creatures" by

St Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a Mysticism, mystic Italian Catholic Church, Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most vener ...

Lauda and Drama, music for orchestra, soloists and choir, with text by

Jacopone da Todi Jacopone da Todi, O.F.M. (ca. 1230 – 25 December 1306) was an Italian Franciscan friar from Umbria. He wrote several ''laude'' (songs in praise of the Lord) in the local vernacular. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of ...

. The hymn "Holy Mary, Mother of Peace" was written on express request of the Mayor of Circello, David Nava, author of the literary text, for the Feast of the emigrants in

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Italy which takes place in early August.

The Rosary Music

The Rosary Music is the most complex of his works, from the point of views of both size and musical procedures, for choir, solo voices and organ, partly interspersed, music in instrumental choral-symphonic structures, according to the tradition of the Mysteries of the

Rosary The Rosary (; la, , in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary, or simply the Rosary, refers to a set of prayers used primarily in the Catholic Church, and to the physical string of knots or b ...

. A piece of instrumental music for solo organ precedes each mystery as an introduction to the literary texts that follow. Thereafter, there are the songs on the Latin text of the prayer of the

Ave Maria The Hail Mary ( la, Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Annunciation) and Mary's s ...

, for each mystery, which are expressed in ever-changing combinations and musical procedures. Each cycle of "Mysteries" ends with a symphonic orchestra song that expresses the ideal and technical-musical synthesis of what solo voices and the organ have previously done. The general introduction to the Work includes music for

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and organ with verses taken from Canto XXXIII of "Paradise" of

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's "Virgin mother daughter of your son".

Theoretical and didactic works

The Canonical Tables

These tables are an original mathematical method for the composition of the technique of canons, with examples from 2 to 8 voices.

The Method of Study for the Organ Pedals

The method, in three volumes, illustrates rational and physical procedures for the acquisition in a few months of a safe and natural technique for playing pedals.

The Rhythm, Tritone, Sound, Word with Music towards Unity

This study explains in simple terms the basic mysteries of rhythm, tritone, sound, word, time and space underlying the unity of every musical composition.

Concerts

At the age of seven years, Nazario Carlo Bellandi gave his first violin concerto. In particular, he was a fine scholar and performer of music by

J. S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

. He also performed the complete works for organ by

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...

. The following list of concerts given by the Maestro has been reconstructed from the few programs found: *Conservatory of Music St Cecilia in Rome, Italy, June 3, 1938, music by N.C. Bellandi: Lauda Drama for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra; *Parish Basilica of Cristo Re, Rome, Italy, Organ Concert, July 4, 1963, Bach: Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C minor, Passacaglia and Franck: Pastoral, First Chorale; *St Bernardino, L’Aquila, Italy, August 28, 1963, Bach; *St Maria Regina Pacis, Ostia, Italy, Concert of inauguration of the organ in memory of Pope Giovanni XXIII, October 23, 1963, music by Bach; *St Maria della Mercede, Rome, Italy, June 30, 1964, music by Bach; *Church of Ara Coeli, Rome, Italy, May 10, 1966, music by Bach: Prelude in E b, Passacaglia, Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C Major, Chorale on the "Our Father", Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, Prelude and Fugue in D major, Triple Fugue in E b; *Church of Ara Coeli, Rome, Italy, University Music Center, May 17, 1966, music by Bach: Sonata in E b, Sonata II in C minor, Sonata III in D minor, Sonata IV in E minor, Sonata V in C Major, Sonata VI in G Major, and conference on Aspects of the Organ Art of Bach; *St Maria Regina Pacis, Ostia, Italy, August, 25, 27, 30, 1966, entire organ works by Franck; *ST Francesca al Foro Romano, Rome, Italy, Comitato Romano and Artists’ Mass, May 18, 1967, music by Vivaldi, Martini, Bach; *St John’s Co.Cathedral, Malta, Malta, March 27, 1968 music by Bach: Toccata, Adagio, Fugue in C major, Passacaglia, Bach-Vivaldi: Concert in D minor, Flor Peeters: solemn prelude, Paul Hindemith: second movement of the second Sonata, Gordon Phillips: Doric Theme, Bellandi: Fugue on the name of BACH, Cesar Franck: Great symphonic piece; *Church of St Giacomo in Augusta, Rome, Italy, April, 5-6 1969, music by Virgilio Mortari: Missa Elegiaca; *Church of St Giacomo in Augusta, Rome, Italy, May 11, 1969, music by Cavazzoni, Frescobaldi, Bach; *Spiritual Concerts, Basilica of St Francesco, Rome, Italy, June 16, 1969, music by Giovanni Fusco and Cesar Auguste Franck; *Church of St Maria della Mercede, Rome, Italy, Bach, June 30, 1970; *Church of St Giacomo in Augusta, Rome, Italy, November 29, 1970, music by Frescobaldi, Bach; *Parish Church of St Vittoria, Carsoli, Italy, March 28, 1971, music by Frescobaldi, Vivaldi-Bach, Franck; *Basilica of St Flaviano, Montefiascone, Italy, August 26, 1972, organ concert - Harpsichord and Strings, Chamber Orchestra of the Baroque Academy, music by Bach; *Parish Basilica of Cristo Re, Rome, Italy, February 25, 1973, music by Bach, Franck, Bossi; *Basilica of Sts XII Apostoli in Roma, Italy, June 6–13, 1984, music by Vivaldi-Bach (concert in Re m. in three movements), Bellandi (I, II, and III Sonata), Bach (Passacaglia and Fugue in Do m); *Parish Basilica of Cristo Re, Rome, Italy, October 28, 1984, music by Bach: Sonatas in Trio; *Patriarchal Archbasilica of St Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy, November 5, 1985, J.S. Bach (Prelude in E♭ Major, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, Prelude and Fugue in D major, Triple Fugue in E♭ Major; *Church of St Domenico Savio, Terracina, Italy, November 16, 1985, concert for Organ music by Bach: Prelude in E b, Passacaglia in C minor, Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C major, Chorale on the "Our Father", Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, prelude and Fugue in D major, Triple Fugue in E flat; *Eurofestival, Camerino, Italy, Italy, August 16–30, 1997, courses of Interpretation and Advanced Music taught by N. C. Bellandi; *Mass of the Artists, Sanctuary of St Sindone, S. Felice Circeo, Italy, October 22, 2000, music by N. C. Bellandi, Gethsemane and Ascension. Below are some of the concerts of works composed by Nazario Carlo Bellandi: *Patriarchal Archbasilica of St Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy, June 1–8, 1982, Concerts of "The Symphoniaci" and of the "Maestri Cantori Romani", organist Arturo Sacchetti, music by N. C. Bellandi: Second Sonata for Organ in four movements; *Patriarchal Archbasilica of St Giovanni in Laterano and Basilica Sts XII Apostoli, Rome, Italy, 3rd Festival of Sacred Music, October 12 – November 11, 1983, organist Arturo Sacchetti, music by N. C. Bellandi: Introduction to the Motet "Qui Manducat carnem meam, ei bibit sanguinem meum, in me manet, et ego in eo, dicit Dominus"; *Church of St Maria dergli Angeli, S. Felice Circeo, Italy, September 16, 1995, organist G. Piermarini, Eximia Forma Choir led by Maestro C. Piccolo, music by P. L. Palestrina and N. Carlo Bellandi (Ecumenical Symphony and Finale of the Eucharist Symphony); *Church of St Domenico, L’Aquila, Italy, June 18, 2002, concert by G. Piermarini, music by N. C. Bellandi; *Catholic Cathedral of Moscow, Moscow, Russia, January 7, 2012, concert by G. Piermarini, music by N. C. Bellandi: Fugue for Organ on the name of BACH.

Organ construction

The Maestro built a pipe organ of three keyboards and pedals with 55 registers. He also consulted on pipe organ renovations.

Technical and aesthetic approach

The technical and aesthetic approach of his works is recognized as characterized by cultural and professional freedom and independence in the research, critical knowledge and practical testing of musical processes. His musical proposal has always tended to reveal, through sounds, human and universal values of life centered in God's unity. He has repeatedly called for educational policy on music to promote a wide and effective movement to go outside of the powers of the existing private and public schools.See Symphony in Four Movements: Rhythm, Tritone, Sound and Word, with Music towards Unity.

List of works

Works for organ for teaching purposes

*Canonical Variations for Organ *Method of Study for the Organ Pedal, Vol I and Vol II *The Canonical Composition for Fixed Part, Guide to the Canon: Canonical 24 Variations for Organ *School of Organ and Organ Composition: Variations, Fugues, Sonatas *Fugues for Organ for the Study of Organ Composition *

Chorales A Lutheran chorale is a musical setting of a Lutheran hymn, intended to be sung by a congregation in a German Protestant Church service. The typical four-part setting of a chorale, in which the sopranos (and the congregation) sing the melody al ...

for Organ based on

for the Study of Organ Composition *Meditations on

Gregorian Chants Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe durin ...

for the Study of Organ Composition (Homage to

) *Three Motets for Solo Voice and Organ *

Motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Margar ...

for Solo Voice and Organ *

Prelude Prelude may refer to: Music *Prelude (music), a musical form *Prelude (band), an English-based folk band *Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label *Chorale prelude, a short liturgical composition for ...

and

in G Minor for Organ for the Study of the

Chromatic Scale The chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches (more completely, pitch classes) used in tonal music, with notes separated by the interval of a semitone. Chromatic instruments, such as the piano, are made to produce the ...

*Prelude and Fugue for Organ in C *Prelude and Fugue for Organ in F minor *Fughetta

Works for the organ

*I Organ

(Chorale, Variations and Canonical Fugue) *II Organ Sonata in Four Movements *III Organ Sonata in Four Movements *Eucharist

Symphony A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning com ...

in Four Movements *Ecumenical Symphony for Choir and Organ *Fugue for Organ on the Name of BACH *Gloria for

Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

and Organ *

Offertory The offertory (from Medieval Latin ''offertorium'' and Late Latin ''offerre'') is the part of a Eucharistic service when the bread and wine for use in the service are ceremonially placed on the altar. A collection of alms (offerings) from the c ...

for Choir and Organ *Sonata *Fugue *The Rose of May, for Organ, Choir and Soloists *

Mass Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementar ...

for Four voices, Choir and Organ with Italian Text for the Proper of the Mass of Sts Apostles Peter and Paul *

Salve Regina The "Salve Regina" (, ; meaning 'Hail Queen'), also known as the "Hail Holy Queen", is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. The Salve Regina ...

, for Solo

Contralto A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typically b ...

and Organ *

* Sancta Maria *Welcome the Newlyweds

Works for piano

*I Allegro of Sonata for

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

and

*II Allegro of Sonata for Violin and Piano *Adagio and Allegro in E b for Piano *Sonata for Piano in One Movement * Suite for Piano

Works for other instruments, choir, orchestra

*The

in Music * Canticle of the Creatures for Mixed Choir, Soloists, Strings and Percussion, on Text by

*The Lament of the Madonna (Lauda Drama, Music for Orchestra, Soloists and Choir, with Text by

) *Prelude and Fugue for Strings *Introduction, “Mescolanze” and Fugue in C for

String Quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...

*Fugue for String Quartet *Quartet in B b for Strings *Quartet *Processional Hymn "Holy Mary Mother of Peace" *"Metamorphosis": Allegro - Adagio –

Recitative Recitative (, also known by its Italian name "''recitativo''" ()) is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Recitative does not repea ...

for Small Orchestra *

Madrigal A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th c.) and early Baroque (1600–1750) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the number o ...

for Five Voices *Two Madrigals for Three Voices *Adagio and Scherzo for Small Orchestra (Variations on a Theme by

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

) *Missa Pro defunctis (Gregorian Mass with Accompaniment) *

Waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ...

*Music for His Daughter

Scientific studies and essays

*Canonical Tables *Aspects of Bach's Organ *Technical and Aesthetic Analysis of Gregorian Chants *The

Tritone In music theory, the tritone is defined as a musical interval composed of three adjacent whole tones (six semitones). For instance, the interval from F up to the B above it (in short, F–B) is a tritone as it can be decomposed into the three a ...

: Diabulus in Music, in Philosophical Magazine Montag, 1997 *Symphony in Four Movements:

Rhythm Rhythm (from Greek , ''rhythmos'', "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions". This general meaning of regular recu ...

, Tritone,

Sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...

and

Word A word is a basic element of language that carries an semantics, objective or pragmatics, practical semantics, meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of w ...

, with Music towards Unity *Topics for the Theoretical and Practical Knowledge of Music and Musical Composition *Comments and Proposals on the Reform of the Curriculum for the Class of Organ and Organ Composition.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellandi, Nazario Carlo Italian classical organists Male classical organists 1919 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Italian musicians Academic staff of the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini 20th-century Italian male musicians 20th-century classical musicians Palermo Conservatory alumni Parma Conservatory alumni