The Italian composer Luigi Nono (1924-1990) was one of the most socially engaged of 20th-century composers. His Marxist political views influenced most of his avant-garde compositions. Luigi Nono was born on January 29, 1924, in Venice, Italy, where...

At the outset of this discussion I would like to propose a definition or two that will hold throughout it. First, I would like to define the term 'counter-culture', which appears in my title, as the organised and self-conscious articulation of an alternative to...

VENICE, Italy - Luigi Nono, a leading avant-garde composer, died at his home here after a long illness, the family said Wednesday. He was 66. He had recently been hospitalized with a liver ailment but the cause of death Tuesday night was not...