Released November 21, 1984 Artist Frank Zappa Producer Frank Zappa Genre Chamber music | Length 37:46 Release date 21 November 1984 Label Barking Pumpkin Records | |
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Recorded UMRK, February – April 1984 Francesco Zappa
#42 (1984) The Old Masters Box I
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Francesco Zappa is a 1984 album by Frank Zappa. It features chamber music by the Italian composer Francesco Zappa, who composed between 1763 and 1788.
Contents
Album origins
David Ocker played a piece of Francesco Zappa's music for Frank Zappa because it was popular with some college music students. Because Francesco Zappa's music was not published and could only be found in the Mormon library, Frank Zappa decided to publish it. He then decided to program some of these pieces into his new Synclavier synthesizer.
Finding the composer's works
Frank Zappa found an entry for Francesco Zappa in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and then researched his sheet music in the library at UC Berkeley. According to The Real Frank Zappa Book, the two musicians are not related.
Album content
Francesco Zappa was the first album that Frank Zappa used the Synclavier on, but it was not the first one he released, as synclavier pieces performed by him appear on "The Perfect Stranger" and on "Thing-Fish" as well.
Track listing
All selections composed by Francesco Zappa
Personnel
Songs
1String Trio - Op 1 No 1: I Andante3:32
2String Trio - Op 1 No 1: II Allegro con brio1:27
3String Trio - Op 1 No 2: I Andantino2:15