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Ottorino Respighi
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Ottorino Respighi (9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His output includes operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral works, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian music from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Among his best known works are the orchestral tone poems "Fountains of Rome" (1916), "Pines of Rome" (1924), and "Roman Festivals" (1928), which brought him international recognition. Respighi was born in Bologna into a musical family. Encouraged by his father, he studied the violin and piano from an early age. In 1891 he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, where he studied violin, viola, and composition. Early in his career he worked as principal violinist at the Russian Imperial Theatre and studied orchestration with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1913 he moved to Rome to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia. During this period he married one of his pupils, the singer Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo. In 1923 Respighi resigned from his professorship in order to focus on touring and composing, although he continued to teach until 1935. From 1925 onward he performed and conducted in various roles in the United States and South America. In late 1935, while working on his opera "Lucrezia", Respighi became ill and was diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis. He died four months later at the age of 56. His wife Elsa surv
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6 Pezzi, P. 44: No. 6. Internmezzo-serenata
148,10826 Pezzi, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno
69,74536 Pezzi, P. 44: No. 5. Studio
52,1224Antiche Danze Ed Arie Per Liuto (Ancient Airs And Dances), P. 114: IV. Italiana
47,04056 Pezzi, P. 44: No. 1. Valse Caressante
42,2966Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite No. 3, P. 172: I. Italiana. Andantino
29,85476 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)
28,8198Bach - 3 chorales, P. 167: No. 3. Andante (after J.S. Bach's Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645)
20,9679Suite No. 3, P. 172: III. Siciliana: Andantino
20,72010Siciliana (from "The Tree of Life", Arr. for Piano from Antiche Danze, Suite No. 3 by Ottorino Respighi)
18,983albums
Respighi: Piano Music
Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Pina di Roma, Feste Romane & Il Tramonto
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suites Nos. 1-3
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
Bach: Orchestral transcriptions by Respighi & Elgar
Respighi: 6 Pieces for Piano, P. 44: No. 3. Notturno. Lento (Version for Harp)
Respighi: Symphonic Poems
Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto, Suite No. 3, P. 172: I. Italiana. Andantino
Siciliana (from "The Tree of Life", Arr. for Piano from Antiche Danze, Suite No. 3 by Ottorino Respighi)
Respighi: Suite in G Major, P. 58, Trittico botticelliano, The Birds, & Serenata
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