Music is a pure creative act
I experience creating music as a deep need of the soul.
If I don’t compose, I feel incomplete, like something essential is missing. I must compose to find peace in my heart.
Of course, I would love for people to listen to and appreciate my music, but I need to create it even if it’s just for myself. It soothes the pain I feel in my soul when I don’t transform my feelings into new compositions.
What do you have to expect from my music?
When I compose, I strive diligently to transpose the images, thoughts, and feelings “hidden” within the text into the harmonies of my pieces.
In essence, you’ll encounter a blend of old-style descriptive and evocative music with a contemporary flavor.
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My music library
A Leuconoe
<b>for SATB choir and Piano<br/> Text by Quintus Horatius Flaccus </b><br/><br/> Carpe diem ...I have been deeply inspired by the beautiful lyrics of Quintus Horatius Flaccus. I loved the melanchonic...
A riveder le stelle
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text by Dante Alighieri </b><br/><br/> With this piece I tried to express my feelings of hope thinking about the end of all the bad moments of our...
Abbandonare il giorno
<b>for SSATTB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> This composition is inspired by a deep and somewhat melancholic text by Elisa Gastaldon. It is a sweet and reflective...
Amazing Tales
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> We'd love to sing, to run, to stay with people. Maybe we feel the winter in our heart, yet. I say, with all...
America
<b>for Piano </b><br/><br/> This piano piece was written in memory of my great-grandfather, Maestro Riccardo De Carlo, who left Italy...
Angele Dei
<b>for SATTBB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This is a joyful and solemn version of the very famous prayer "Angele Dei". You can perform...
Angels we have heard on high
<b>for SATB a cappella choir and two soloists<br/> Text: Traditional French (English adaptation by James Chadwick) </b><br/><br/>
At Midnight
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Sara Teasdale </b><br/><br/> The wonderful poem "At Midnight" by Sara Teasdale shows the true meaning of Life: nothing is ever ended and...
Ave Maria
<b>for SSAA a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This is my version for female choir of the most famous prayer dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary...
Ave Maria
<b>for children's choir (SA) and Piano<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This simple composition aims to joyfully convey the sentiments associated with the famous Christian prayer...
Ave Maria gratïa plena
<b>for double choir a cappella (SSA + SSATB)<br/> Text from Laudario di Cortona n. 91 (excerpts from Lauda V) </b><br/><br/> Lauda V of the Laudario di Cortona (n. 91) has come to...
Ave Regina caelorum
<b>for TTBB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> Ave Regina coelorum is a deep and sweet prayer dedicated to Mary, the mother of Christ...
Ave verum corpus
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This is my setting of the famous prayer "Ave verum corpus". With this piece I want to convey the faith that so many...
Before the ice is in the pools
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Emily Dickinson </b><br/><br/> This composition interprets Emily Dickinson's poem with a focus on the sense of anticipation for what...
Brother
<b>for SATB a cappella choir <br/> Poem by William Blake </b><br/><br/> I composed this piece for my brother Raffaele’s 40th birthday, reflecting on our relationship which...
Burning lights
<b>for Flute Orchesta </b><br/><br/> Official anthem of the Magna Graecia Flute Choir, commissioned by the late Maestro Sebastiano Valentino...
Cantate Domino
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> The piece is joyful and challenging and throught it I wanted to convey all my feelings of gratitude....
Crying soul
<b>for String Quartet </b><br/><br/> This single-movement composition is characterized by its nervous, tense, and energetic...
Da mi basia mille
<b>for SATB choir and Piano<br/> Text by Gaius Valerius Catullus </b><br/><br/> I had my inspiration from one of the most famous poems of Catullus. It reflects on how fleeting our existence is....
De profundis
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Psalm 130 (129) </b><br/><br/> This is my second musical setting of Psalm 130, a text I find profoundly inspiring. In this composition, I aimed...
De profundis
<b>for SATB choir and piano<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> The Redemption is the end of a dialogue that takes place in the De Profundis with God...
Deep Blue
<b>for SATB choir and piano<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> The song speaks about the complicated relationship between man and God and tries to show...
Descendit de cælis
<b>for SSATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> To descend from the heavens means to abandon eternity and to encounter space-time...
Divino
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> A child, the mild wind, a bud ... small things that bring into themselves the force of the divine...
È una sorgente
<b>for children's choir (SA) and Piano<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> This composition, inspired by Elisa Gastaldon's text, conveys the joy and wonder of knowing oneself as...
Ecce Rex
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This antiphon inaugurates the Novena of Christmas and presents Jesus as a King who carries...
Ecco viene Natale
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> The feast of Christmas brings with it feelings of intimate joy, which travels from the comet star.
Echi del Nord
<b>for SATB choir, Piano and Flute<br/> Mute chorus </b><br/><br/> I have composed this song for choir, piano and flute for my brother's wedding. The music tries...
Eternal life
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Gospel of John </b><br/><br/> Jesus said to her: "I am the resurrection and the life.The one who believes in me will live, even though...
Eternity
<b>for SATB choir and Piano<br/> Poem by Emily Dickinson </b><br/><br/> As if the Sea should part And show a further Sea a And that a a further a and the Three But...
First snow
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Marianna De Carlo </b><br/><br/> First snow describes contrasting feelings arising from the sight of the first snow of the year...
Five short spacial movements
<b>SATB/TTBB/SSAA and Strings <br/> Mute chorus </b><br/><br/> Some time ago I composed five pieces for a competetion organized by Eric Whitacre and Spitfire Audio...
Florebit quasi lilium
<b>for SATB choir and organ<br/> text inspired by Isaiah 35<b><br/><br/ "Florebit quasi lilium" was born as an invocation. Isaiah 35 speaks of a time when the desert blooms, the weak rise...
Flower crown
<b>for Violin and Piano </b><br/><br/> This piece explores the relationship between two women: one young and one older. It reveals...
Flying in the night
<b>for Alto Sax and Piano </b><br/><br/> This piece was inspired by a dream of flying swiftly over the city at night, initially constrained...
Forgotten
<b>for SATB with divisi, accompained by piano and percussions<br/> Poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri </b><br/><br/> For this piece I reflected on the countless individuals who have lived on this planet over the...
Hope is the thing with feathers
<b>for SAB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Emily Dickinson </b><br/><br/> The power of the feeling of Hope meets the sweetness and depth of Emily Dickinson's thought. I tried to...
Il sol del sole
<b>for children's choir (Unison) and Piano<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> This piece is the result of a collaboration with the dear Elisa Gastaldon, who gifted me another extraordinary text...
In Paradisum
<b>for Soprano Solo and Organ<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This is my musical setting of the antiphon from the Requiem Mass for soprano solo and organ. Inspired by...
Indigo vertigo
<b>for SATB choir and Piano <br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> The song is about the pain of all the people who lives a life that they don't feel as the...
Inno alla pace
<b>for children's choir (Unison) and Piano<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> This piece is born from a synergy of forces: starting from Elisa Gastaldon's text, I created a piece that is dark...
Into the Orange
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> The song gives voice to my son, a nonverbal child suffering from an autistic spectrum disorder...
Jubilate Deo
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This is a joyful and engaging sacred piece, suitable for a concert. It wants to convey the joy of living...
L’aquilone
<b>for children's choir (SA) and Piano<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/>
La mia gattina Dafne
<b>for children's choir (SA) and Piano<br/> Poem by Maruska Mauro </b><br/><br/> The text of an owner in love with her kitten inspired this composition, which reflects on the simple things in life...
Levavi oculos meos
<b>for SSAATTBB choir <br/> text inspired by the English text of Psalm 121 from the King James Version<b><br/><br/> This piece was born from a deeply personal longing for salvation and meaning, a...
Lights of Hope
<b>for TTBB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Santiago Veros </b><br/><br/> When pain and fatigue seem to take over, we must remember that the force of Hope is a powerful light...
Lullaby to my children
<b>for SATB a cappella choir and Piano<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> This lullaby was composed for my children when they were young and is dedicated to all the children of...
My dear Life
<b>for SATB with divisi, accompained by a string quartet<br/> Poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri </b><br/><br/> The composition explores the power of life, revealing its warm light to someone who initially found it...
Nunc Dimittis
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> Simeon, according to the Gospel of Luke, "was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation...
O Adonai
<b>for SSA a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> O Adonai ("O Lord") is the second of the major antiphons of Advent, on whose text I wrote this...
O magnum mysterium
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> The mystery of an infinite God who becomes so small that he finds refuge in the womb...
O Sapientia
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> The first of the seven major antiphons of Advent, "O Sapientia", recognizes in Jesus the impersonation...
Oceani Nuovi
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Elisa Gastaldon </b><br/><br/> The words of the text accompany us in a journey that from the fallen stars of the sky leads us to...
On a Columnar Self
<b>for TTBB a cappella choir <br/> Poem by Emily Dickinson </b><br/><br/> I composed this piece titled "On a Columnar Self," inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem...
Puer natus est nobis
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy</b><br/><br/> This piece was inspired by the biblical text from Isaiah 9:6, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is...
Reges Tharsis
<b>for SATB choir, children's choir<br/>and organ or Brass Ensemble <br/> Text from Psalm 71 (Vulgate) </b><br/><br/> This is my musical setting of Psalm 71 for mixed choir, children's choir, and organ or...
Regina coeli
<b>for SSA a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> This a piece for SSA. Because of the difficult historical moment, I was looking for something...
Rorate coeli desuper
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from Liturgy </b><br/><br/> In this piece, I aimed to convey the anticipation of salvation from above, expressing a heartfelt...
San Martino
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Giosuè Carducci </b><br/><br/> Transposition for mixed choir of the composition by Giosuè Carducci. Nature can be hostile...
Secret talks between two lonely hearts
<b>(Emperor Xuanzong dreams<br/> of meeting Yang Guifei)<br/> for SATB a cappella choir <br/> Poem by Marianna De Carlo</b><br/><br/> I started composing this piece after I discovered the wonderful tale of the Emperor Xuanzong...
She my nostalgia
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> Can love be synonymous with nostalgia? Yes, if it represents the will to be at home, in the...
Sulle vie della Pace
<b>for SATB choir, Children’s choir,<br/> piano and optional string quartet<br/> Text from Isaiah 2, 3-5 </b><br/><br/> The text of the composition, an adaptation of a passage from the prophet Isaiah on the...
The hidden garden
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Poem by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> A person dissatisfied with his life wishes to be taken away by Music to wonderful worlds that he hopes will be...
Under the moon
<b>for children's choir (SA) and Piano<br/> Poem by Maruska Mauro </b><br/><br/> The journey of hope of a child fleeing his homeland on a boat to seek happiness elsewhere is told...
Violet dreams – Nekomata
<b>for SATB choir and Piano<br/> Non-sense poem by Giulio De Carlo</b><br/><br/> Have you ever heard about Nekomata? It is a “yōkai”, a supernatural being of Japanese culture. It looks like a...
Whispers of Wood
<b>for SAB choir and piano<br/> text by Giulio De Carlo </b><br/><br/> "Whispers of Wood" is inspired by the symbolic power of the "Tree of Life", drawing on the natural beauty of wood...
Will there really be a morning?
<b>for SSAATTBB a cappella choir <br/> Poem by Emily Dickinson </b><br/><br/> This piece for SSAATTBB is inspired to the wonderful poem by Emily Dickinson. I have chosen...
Winter Stars
<b>for SATB a cappella choir <br/> Poem by Sara Teasdale </b><br/><br/> In ‘Winter Stars’ Teasdale speaks on themes of change, aging, and the universe. Through very...
You are all one in Christ Jesus
<b>for SATB a cappella choir<br/> Text from the Epistle to the Galatians </b><br/><br/> These wonderful words by Saint Paul inspired this piece of mine, that wants to sing all the human kind...
You my soul
<b>for SATB a cappella choir <br/> Poem by Sappho </b><br/><br/> Even if with a few words, Sappho is able to express all the strenght of the Love: the breath of the beloved...