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Respighi, Ottorino (sh)




born July 9, 1879, Bologna, Italy
died April 18, 1936, Rome

Italian composer.

After musical studies in Bologna (1891-1901), he played viola in a Russian orchestra and studied with Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, from whom he learned much about orchestration. His best-known works are the colourful tone poems The Fountains of Rome (1916) and The Pines of Rome (1924). Interested in early music, he also produced works such as Gli uccelli (1927), based on works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, and La Boutique fantasque, based on works by Gioacchino Rossini.