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...Nono" was a strong-willed prelate whom many will have difficulty visualizing as a saint on the same ecclesiastical calendar with Francis of Assisi or Paul of Tarsus. Elected to the chair of St. Peter in 1846. Pius IX started out as one of the most liberal-minded Popes in centuries. He granted amnesty to political prisoners jailed during the reign of his predecessor, tried to clean up the corrupt, sluggish government of the Papal States. To the surprise of Europe's statesmen, he even seemed sympathetic to the ideals of Italian nationalism, and for a while worked actively...
Because he so strongly resisted the ideas and political trends of the 19th century, Pio Nono has seemed to many historians to be a relic of medieval times. Yet many Catholic scholars defend his courage, if not his wisdom, and regard him as the founder of the modern papacy. Pope John XXIII regards Pius IX as "an admirable shepherd," whose beatification will be an appropriate symbol of the aims of the Council...
...that, She Has Come was, like Dido, notable for its clarity and continuity. The crowd gave Nono an ovation...
...Bombs. Nono, who regards the voice as "the perfect instrument," is not worried about overburdening singers ("Only composers like Mascagni ruined voices-because they did not understand vocal problems"). Son of a wealthy Venetian engineer, Nono studied music and law simultaneously, was greatly influenced by the works of Composer Arnold Schoen-berg-whose daughter, Nuria Schoenberg, he later married. Now living in Venice, Nono turns out a steady two or three works a year, often calculating their complex connections in algebraic equations...
...Nono either captures his audiences or enrages them. He rarely leaves them bored. Wrote the London Times in a thumbs-down review of another of his Venice concerts: "All this being said, there can be no doubt that Nono has two of the most imaginative ears for sound in the world...