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for

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. He was born in

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Selected works

Concerti with orchestra

* Concerto for orchestra * Concerto for violin, string orchestra and harpsichord * Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra * ''Memorie'' for three guitars and orchestra

Vocal music

* ''Sentimento del sogno'' for soprano and orchestra * ''Immagine'' for soprano and 17 executors * ''Tres requerdos del cielo'' for bass and various instruments

Chamber music

* ''Tre pezzi'' for guitar * ''Serenata'' for violin and guitar * ''Musica a cinque'' for violin, viola, trombone, bassoon and guitar * ''Variazioni'' for solo violin * ''Due studi'' for violin * ''Andamenti'' for viola * ''Cantilena'' for flute in G * ''Collage'' for solo oboe * ''Collage'' for solo bassoon * ''Sinaudolodia'' for four flutes * ''The Hollow Man'' for wind instruments * ''Omaggio a Gaetano Azzolina'' for guitar * ''Musica per Piero'' for two violas * ''Auser'' for oboe and guitar * ''Collage'' for solo clarinet * ''Repitu'' flute, viola, guitar and percussion * ''Madrigale di Gesualdo'' for accordion * ''Per Olga'' for solo flute * ''Adles'' for guitar * ''The Solitary'' for oboe and percussion * ''Atma'' for three groups of solo instruments * ''Risonanze'' for 18 instruments * String Quartet No. 1 * String Quartet No. 2

''Concertazioni''

The series of ''Concertazioni'' includes: * ''Concertazioni'' for bassoon, strings and percussion * ''Concertazioni'' for oboe and other instruments * ''Concertazioni a quattro'' for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon * ''Concertazioni'' for B-flat clarinet and other instruments

Piano music

* ''Estri del Fa Diesis'' for piano

Stage works

* ''Tutto ciò che accade ti riguarda''

Methods and didactic works

* New sounds for Woodwinds. London: Oxford University Press. * Nuovi suoni per i legni. Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. * Metodo per oboe (with Lawrence Singer). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. * Metodo per clarinetto (with Giuseppe Garbarino). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. * Metodo per fagotto (with Sergio Penazzi). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni. * Metodo per flauto (with Pierluigi Mencarelli). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.