Franco Oppo (2 October 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian composer and scholar.
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Born | 2 October 1935 (1935-10-02) Nuoro, Italy |
Died | 14 January 2016 (2016-01-15) (aged 80) Cagliari, Italy |
Born in Nuoro, Oppo studied at the Conservatory of Cagliari, graduating in piano (1958), choral music and choral conducting (1960), and composition (1961).[1] Since 1965 he won several international composition competitions.[1] He was professor of composition and experimental composition at the Conservatory of Cagliari and professor of music theory at the Cagliari University.[2]
Oppo published various studies and essays, particularly about music semiology and ethnic music.[1] His studies mainly focused on aleatoric music and on testing new types of notation.[2]
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