Vittorio Rieti

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Vittorio Rieti (January 28, 1898 – February 19, 1994) was an Jewish-Italian composer. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Rieti moved to Milan to study economics. He subsequently studied in Rome under Respighi and Casella, and lived there until 1940. In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for George Balanchine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Barabau. He met his wife in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a cousin of actor Vittorio Rietti. He emigrated to the United States in 1940, becoming a naturalized American citizen on 1 June 1944. He taught at the Peabody Conservatoire of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64). He died in New York on 19 February 1994. His music is tonal and neo-classical with a melodic and elegant style. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

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Rieti: Piano Concertos

Repertoire De Stijl : Bauhaus : Dada

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Rieti: Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works, Vol. 1

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Rieti: Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works, Vol. 2

Vittorio Rieti: Music for Harpsichord & Instruments

Music of Vittorio Rieti

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Rieti: Complete Piano Solo & Duo Works, Vol. 3

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Jewels

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Two Songs Between Two Waltzes

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Exposition Paris 1937, Milhaud, Poulenc, Tcherepnine, Martinu, Mompou

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Magic Boxes: Meccanismi incantati

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Cage: The Works for Piano, Vol. 7

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