Concerto per pianoforte ad orchestra dedicato ad Anita DeFrancesco by Randolph Pitts
Randolph Pitts’ composition “Concerto per pianoforte ad orchestra dedicato ad Anita DeFrancesco” is based on a musical cryptogram (Arthur Honegger system) of the name “Anita Marie DeFrancesco.” The movements are i. Moderato appassionato; ii. Amoroso ma non tanto; iii. Largo desolato, andante riroroso, allegro furioso (attaca), morendo (calando). This musical cryptogram was then used as the basis for two twelve-tone rows, which the composer then subjected to the usual dodecaphonic transformations (Inversion, Retrograde, Retrograde Inversion). He also made derived rows from these employing the approach used by Anton von Webern in his Concerto (Op. 24) and elsewhere, as well as using pitch set class multiplication as used by Milton Babbitt and others. Randolph Pitts holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of Philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Randolph has been a top executive at several entertainment companies, including a ten year stint as Chief Executive Officer of the company that produced Leaving Las Vegas for which Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award as best actor. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during 2022. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. Randolph Pitts has a lifelong interest in the relationship between philosophy, psychology and history. He is the founder and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. Randolph Pitts holds Summa Cum Laude degrees in Social Psychology and Egyptology from the University of California Berkeley, and a Masters Degree in Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Law from UCLA. He has also done advanced research for the Department of Psychology at UCLA, concentrating on couples and relationships dynamics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical Association, the organization of university professors of Philosophy. He is also an associate member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Randolph has been a top executive at several entertainment companies, including a ten year stint as Chief Executive Officer of the company that produced Leaving Las Vegas for which Nicolas Cage won the Academy Award as best actor. The first volume of his eagerly anticipated tetralogy of novels will be published during 2022. Pitts' spellbinding novels deal at an unrelenting fever pitch with eroticism, mysticism, terrorism and crime on a global scale. And also… with women and men falling in love. In a recent interview Randolph Pitts said, “Love is the main theme of my novels. Women and men, women and women, come together because they recognize and come to cherish each other’s uniqueness. They fall in love because they know that the objects of their love are their special people – woman or man. The people who will make life joyful and fulfilling for them. The people with whom they will find mutual fulfillment and enduring happiness.” Randolph Pitts is the founder, producer and host of the Explore Ecstatic Sensuality podcast, the number one sex and sensuality podcast in the world. Shown here: America's Sweethearts named #1 in a national poll: Composer Randolph Pitts and Psychotherapist, advanced Yoga and Tantra authority and love and relationship coach and counselor Anita DeFrancesco.