About Francesco Balilla Pratella

Franceso Balilla Pratella (February 1, 1880 – May 17, 1955) was an Italian composer and musicologist. Pratella studied at the Pesaro conservatory where he was a pupil of Pietro Mascagni. He joined the futurist movement in 1910 and composed a number of modernist works for voice as well as for orchestra and chamber ensemble. He is the author of the Manifesto of Futurist Musicians (1910), the Technical Manifesto of Futurist Music (1911) and the The Destruction of Quadrature (Distruzione della quadratura), (1912).