Editing Goffredo Petrassi (section)

==Music==
Petrassi's early work was part of an attempt by several [[Italy|Italian]] composers to create a national  "Italian" revival in classical music, corresponding to the romantic work of Germans such as [[Richard Wagner]]. During this time, his work was characteristically [[Neoclassicism (music)|neoclassical]] in style, influenced by [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]], [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith]] and [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]].

In later years, Petrassi's open musical mind and acute personality led him to experiment with different post-[[Anton Webern|Webernian]] influences and a wide range of [[poetry|poetic]] materials, from Latin hymns to [[Ariosto]]'s ''La follia d'Orlando'' and ''Ritratto di Don Chisciotte'' (''Portrait of [[Don Quixote]]''), based on the [[Miguel de Cervantes]] literary character. All these influences are present in a remarkable series of eight [[Concerto for Orchestra|Concerti for Orchestra]] which he composed between 1934 and 1972. His music appears on the CD labels [[Chandos Records|Chandos]], [[Stradivarius (record label)|Stradivarius]], [[Naxos (company)|Naxos]], and [[Capriccio (record label)|Capriccio]].

Petrassi stopped composing in 1986 due to progressive loss of eyesight.