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Nino Rota

Born Giovanni Rota
December 3, 1911 (1911-12-03)
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died April 10, 1979 (aged 67)
Rome, Italy

Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer best known for his work on film scores, notably the films of Federico Fellini, of Franco Zeffirelli and for The Godfather series. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed

Rota also composed ten operas, five ballets and many other orchestral and choral works, the most famous being his string concerto. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance

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Biography

Born into a musical family in Milan, Rota studied at the conservatory there under Ildebrando Pizzetti. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Ildebrando Pizzetti ( Parma, September 20, 1880; Rome, February 13, 1968) was an Italian Composer His first oratorio, L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista, was performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923 and his lyrical comedy, Il Principe Porcaro, was composed in 1926. Encouraged by Arturo Toscanini, Rota moved to the United States where he lived from 1930 to 1932. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January He won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, where he took classes in orchestra with Fritz Reiner and had Rosario Scalero as an instructor in composition. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Frederick Martin “Fritz” Reiner ( December 19, 1888 Returning to Milan, he wrote a thesis on the renaissance composer Gioseffo Zarlino. Renaissance music is European music written during the Renaissance, approximately 1400 - 1600 Gioseffo Zarlino ( January 31 or March 22, 1517 &ndash February 4, 1590) was an Italian music theorist and Rota earned a degree in literature from the University of Milan. In 1937, he began a teaching career that led to the directorship of the Bari Conservatory, a title he held from 1950 until his death in 1979.

During the 1940s, Rota composed scores for more than 32 films, including Renato Castellani's Zazà (1944). Zazà is an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo, with the libretto by the composer His association with Fellini began with Lo sceicco bianco (1952), followed by I vitelloni (1953) and La strada (1954). The White Sheik ( Lo sceicco bianco) is a 1952 film by Federico Fellini starring Leopoldo Trieste, Alberto Sordi, and I vitelloni ( 1953) is an Italian and French Comedy drama Film directed by Federico Fellini. They continued to work together for decades, and Fellini recalled:

The most precious collaborator I have ever had, I say it straightaway and don't even have to hesitate, was Nino Rota — between us, immediately, a complete, total, harmony. . . He had a geometric imagination, a musical approach worthy of celestial spheres. He thus had no need to see images from my movies. When I asked him about the melodies he had in mind to comment one sequence or another, I clearly realized he was not concerned with images at all. His world was inner, inside himself, and reality had no way to enter it. [1]
 

Love Theme From The Godfather

The famous theme, composed by Larry Kusic and Nino Rota.
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Rota's score for Fellini's 8½ (1963) is often cited as one of the factors which makes the film cohesive. 8½ (pronounced His score for Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits (1965) included a collaboration with Eugene Walter on the song, "Go Milk the Moon" (cut from the final version of the film), and they teamed again for the song "What Is a Youth?", part of Rota's score for Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. Juliet of the Spirits (Italian Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 Surrealist drama film about an Italian housewife directed by Federico Eugene Walter (1921-98 should not be confused with the playwright Eugene Walter (1874-1941 Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. In all, Rota wrote scores to more than 150 films.

Rota wrote several concerti and other orchestral works as well as piano, chamber and choral music. After his death Rota's music was the subject of the 1981 tribute album Amarcord Nino Rota. A tribute album is a recorded collection of Cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions Gus Van Sant used some of Rota's music in his 2007 film Paranoid Park. Gus Green Van Sant Jr he has dealt unflinchingly with homosexual and other marginalized subcultures without being particularly concerned about providing positive role models Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Paranoid Park is a 2007 Drama film directed by Gus Van Sant. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Blake Nelson

Operas

His 1977 opera The Italian Straw Hat, an adaptation of the play by Eugène Labiche was presented by the Santa Fe Opera. Il cappello di paglia di Firenze ( The Italian Straw Hat) is an opera by Nino Rota to an Italian-language libretto by the composer and Ernesta Rota based on the play Eugène Marin Labiche ( May 5, 1815 - January 23, 1888) was a French Dramatist. The Santa Fe Opera (SFO is an American Opera company located north of Santa Fe in the U In 2005 his opera Aladino e la lampada magica (Aladdin and the Magical Lamp), with Cosmin Ifrim in the title role, was performed in German translation at the Vienna State Opera and released on DVD. The Vienna State Opera ( Wiener Staatsoper) located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important Opera houses - and opera companies - in

Written for a radio production by RAI in 1950, his short opera, I due timidi (The Two Timid Ones), will be presented by the Santa Fe Opera as part of their pre-season "One-Hour Opera" program in May/June 2008. Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana, known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian public service broadcaster, and is considered

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Selected filmography

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Zazà is an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo, with the libretto by the composer To Live in Peace ( Italian: Vivere in pace is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa. Under the Sun of Rome or Sotto il sole di Roma is a 1948 Italian Drama film directed by Renato Castellani. The Glass Mountain is also a play by Tor Age Bringsvaerd, a short story by Donald Barthelme, a 1991 novel by Cynthia Voigt and a 1949 film The Glass Mountain Anna is a 1951 Italian classic Melodrama Film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring by the same trio as Bitter I vitelloni ( 1953) is an Italian and French Comedy drama Film directed by Federico Fellini. Il bidone ( English: The Swindle and The Swindlers) ( 1955) is an Italian film directed by Federico Amici per la pelle also known as Amis pour la vie in France is a 1955 BAFTA nominated Italian and French Comedy Le notti bianche ( White Nights) is a 1957 Italian film directed by Italian neorealist Luchino Visconti Nights of Cabiria ( Le notti di Cabiria) ( 1957) is an Italian Film directed by Federico Fellini. The kumquats or cumquats are a group of small fruit-bearing Trees in the genus Fortunella related to the Citrus in the Flowering El Alamein (or Al Alamayn) ( العلمين is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast in Matruh Governorate. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Rocco and His Brothers ( Italian: Rocco e i suoi fratelli) ( 1960) is an Italian and French film directed by The Reluctant Saint is a 1962 film which tells a somewhat fictionalized version of the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th Century Italian saint The Leopard ( Il Gattopardo) is an award-winning 1963 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe 8½ (pronounced A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from Juliet of the Spirits (Italian Giulietta degli spiriti) is a 1965 Surrealist drama film about an Italian housewife directed by Federico The Taming of the Shrew is a 1967 Feature film based on a play by William Shakepeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. Satyricon ( Fellini Satyricon) is a 1969 Italian film by Federico Fellini. Waterloo was a Soviet - Italian film of 1970 directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. I clowns (also known as The Clowns) is a 1971 film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with Clowns and Circuses It Roma, also known as Fellini's Roma, is a 1972 semi-autobiographical poetic film depicting director Federico Fellini The Godfather is a 1972 Crime drama film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed Amarcord (1973 directed by Federico Fellini, is a semi- Autobiographical coming-of-age tale that combines poignancy with bawdy comedy Love and Anarchy ( Film d'amore e d'anarchia ovvero stamattina alle 10 in via dei Fiori nella nota casa di tolleranza The Godfather Part II is a 1974 Crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. Fellini's Casanova ( Il Casanova di Federico Fellini) is a 1976 Academy Award -winning Italian film by director Federico Fellini Prova d'orchestra is a 1978 film by Federico Fellini. Commonly translated as "Orchestra Rehearsal" this film follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike Death on the Nile is a 1978 film based on the Agatha Christie Mystery novel of the same title, directed by John Guillermin Hurricane is a 1979 Romance film by Jan Troell starring Mia Farrow, Jason Robards and Max von Sydow.
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