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20th Century Late Romantic Italian

RESPIGHI, Ottorino

Photograph of Ottorino Respighi (1934) by Ghitta Lorell

Born in Bologna, July 9, 1879
Died in Rome, April 18, 1936

  • Respighi studied violin and viola at the Liceo Musicale, Bologna, as well as composition. He also had some composition lessons with Rimsky-Korsakov when he was employed as a violist in Russia.
  • Respighi was an enthusiastic transcriber of 17th and 18th C., the influence of which can be seen in his compositions.
  • For much of his career Respighi taught composition at the Liceo Musicale di S Cecilia in Rome.1

Short biography

Sources

  1. John C.G. Waterhouse, Janet Waterhouse, and Potito Pedarra, “Respighi, Ottorino,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed February 13, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000047335.

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