(), also known as The Group or , was an avant-garde free improvisation group considered the first experimental composers collective.John Zorn, liner notes, Azioni (Die Schachtel), 2006Daniela Tortora, «Nuova Consonanza: trentànni di musica contemporanea in Italia, 1959-1988», Lucca: Libraria musicale Italiana, 1990, 287 pagine.
History The collective was formed by Italian composer Franco Evangelisti in Rome in 1964. Drawing on jazz, serialism, musique concrete, and other avant-garde techniques developed by contemporary classical music composers such as Luigi Nono and Giacinto Scelsi, the group was dedicated to the development of new music techniques by improvisation, noise-techniques, and anti-musical systems.Ekkehard Jost, «Free Jazz. Stilkritische Untersuchungen zum Jazz der 60er Jhare», Mains: B. Schott's Döhne, 1975, 256 Seiten. The group members and frequent guests made use of extended techniques on traditional classical instruments, as well as prepared piano, tape music and electronic music. During the 1970s the music continued to evolve to embrace techniques and genres such as guitar feedback and funk. In addition to concerts, the group issued a series of albums and contributed to many scores by group member Ennio Morricone, including A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) and Cold Eyes of Fear (1971).Alvin Lucia, liner notes, Niente. (The Omni Recording Corporation/The Roundtable), 2012. The group slowly disbanded after Evangelisti's death in 1980.
Main Members Franco Evangelisti (piano, percussion) Ennio Morricone (trumpet, flute) Egisto Macchi (perc, celesta, strings)
Other Members at times Mario Bertoncini (perc, piano) Walter Branchi (double-bass) Richard Aaker Trythall (piano) John Heineman (trombone, cello) Roland Kayn (Hammond organ, vibraphone, marimba) Frederic Rzewski (piano) Giancarlo Schiaffini (trombone, assorted wind instruments) Giovanni Piazza (horn, flute, violin) Antonello Neri (piano, et al) Jesus Villa Rojo (clarinet, et al) Jesús Villa Rojo, «El clarinete y sus posibilidades», Madrid: Alpuerto, 1975, 117 páginas. .Xoán M. Carreira, "Aspectos perlocucionarios en la obra de Jesús Villa Rojo" en «Actas del Congreso Internacional España en la Música de Occidente» Tomo II, pp 479-498, Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura, 1987, 502 páginas. .Xoán M. Carreira, «Jesús Villa Rojo», Madrid: SGAE, 87 páginas. Bruno Battisti D'Amario (allsorts)
Discography 1966 "Nuova Consonanza", LP RCA 1967 "The Private Sea of Dreams" (as Il Gruppo), LP RCA Victor 1968 "Improvisationen" LP Deutsche Grammophon 1970 "The Feed-back" (as The Group), LP RCA 1973 "Improvvisazioni a Formazioni Variate" (also known as "Gruppo d'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza"), LP General Music 1975 "Nuova Consonanza", LP Cinevox Records. Reissue 2007 CD Bella Casa 1976 "Musica su Schemi", LP Cramps Records. Reissue 2002: LP Get Back, CD Ampersand 1992 "1967-1975", CD Edition RZ 2006 "Azioni", CD Die Schachtel 2010 "Niente", CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali. Reissue 2012 LP The Omni Recording Corporation/The Roundtable 2011 "Eroina", CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali
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