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I was certain that the tram would stop in its regular place and we would have to run for it, and he was equally certain it would stop where he was standing ... Perhaps as a consequence, he developed a propensity to make use of popular song, dances, fanfares, and circus and vernacular music in his works.

Rota studied with Alessandro Perlasca before enrolling at the Milan Conservatory, initially studying with Giacomo Orefice, and later with Paolo Delachi and Giulio Bas.

He also attended lessons with the Italian masters, including Ildebrando Pizzetti, who took exception to the hype surrounding the young composer, and (more significantly) Alfredo Casella, whose guidance and progressive, farsighted outlook would prove to be formative, not just in Rota's development as a composer, but in his character as well. (1977)

  • Serenata per Orchestra in quattro tempi (1931–1932)
  • Sinfonia n.1 per orchestra (1935–1939)
  • Sinfonia n.2 in Fa per orchestra (1937–39)
  • Sinfonia n.3 in Do (1956–1957)
  • Sinfonia Sopra una Canzone d'Amore (1972)
  • Sonata per orchestra da camera (1937–1938)
  • Variazioni e fuga nei 12 toni sul nome di Bach per Orchestra (1950)
  • Variazioni sopra un tema gioviale per orchestra (1953)
  • Waltzes

    • Concertos for solo instrument and orchestra

    Piano and orchestra

    • Cadenze per il Concerto n.4 in sol Hob.XVIII:4 di Joseph Haydn
    • Concerto in Do (1960)
    • Concerto soirée (1962)
    • Concerto in Mi Piccolo mondo antico (1973, 1978)

    Strings and orchestra

    • Concerto per Violoncello n.0 (1925)
    • Divertimento Concertante per Contrabasso e Orchestra (1968–73)
    • Concerto per Violoncello n.1 (1972)
    • Concerto per Violoncello n.2 (1973)

    Wind instrument and orchestra

    • Andante sostenuto per il Concerto per Corno K412 di Mozart (1959)
    • Concerto per Trombone (1966)
    • Ballata per Corno e orchestra "Castel del Monte" (1974)
    • Concerto per Fagotto (1974–77)

    Opera

    • Il principe porcaro (1926)
    • Ariodante (1938–1941)
    • Torquemada (1943)
    • I due timidi (1950)
    • Il cappello di paglia di Firenze (premiere (1955))
    • Scuola di guida (1959)
    • La notte di un nevrastenico (1959)
    • Lo scoiattolo in gamba (1959)
    • Aladino e la lampada magica (1963–1965)
    • La visita meravigliosa (1965–1969)
    • Napoli milionaria (1973–1977)

    Choral

    • Allegro concertante per Coro e Orchestra (1953)
    • Audi Judex Per Coro misto a 4 Voci a cappella (1964)
    • Canto di Gloria (1968)
    • Custodi nos Domine per Coro
    • Due Mottetti Vigilate et orate
    • Il Martirio di San Giovanni Battista/The Martyrdom of St.

      John the Baptist (1924)

    • Il Natale Degli Innocenti (1968–70)
    • Il Pane del Cielo (1967)
    • Il Pastorello e altre due liriche infantile (canto e pianoforte) (1935)
    • Il Presagio (1925)
    • Inno del Seminario La Quercia per Coro, una Voce e Pianoforte
    • L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista/The childhood of St. John the Baptist (1922–23)
    • L'isola disabitata (1931)
    • La Figliola Del Re (ex Un Augello Gorgheggiava) (1925)
    • La Vita di Maria (1969–1970)
    • Messa a 4 voci (senza Gloria) (1962)
    • Messa di Requiem (1923–1924)
    • Messa per Coro e Organo (Orchestra) (1960)
    • Messa, Mariae dicata per coro e organo (1961)
    • Mysterium Catholicum (1962)
    • Ninna Nanna (1922, 1923)
    • Psallite nato de Maria Virgine (1958)
    • Quando tu sollevi la lampada al cielo (1922)
    • Roma Capomunni (1970–1971)
    • Salmo IC (1943)
    • Salmo VI Domine (1943)
    • Salve Regina per Voce e Pianoforte (1958)
    • Sonetto di Petrarca (1933)
    • Three Canons For Women's Voices (1932)
    • Tota Pulchrases (1961)
    • Tu es Petrus in Sol Maggiore (1967)
    • Unum panem (1962)

    Discography

    CD

    ARTS

    • Complete music for Viola/Violin and Piano

    Viola & piano intermezzo, viola & piano sonata #1, viola & piano sonata #2, violin & piano sonata, Un diavolo sentimentale, Amanti senza amore

    • Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d’Amore/Concerto-Soirée for piano and orchestra

    ASV

    Flute & harp sonata, clarinet, cello & piano trio, string quartet, quintetto, flute, violin & piano trio, Piccolo Offerta Musicale (Ex Novo Ensemble)

    ATMA

    • La Strada, Harp Concerto, Trombone Concerto, Atma ACD 2 2294
    • La Strada Suite (coupled w/Kurt Weill's Sym No.2), ALCD2 1036

    BMG

    • Alle Origini della Mafia
    • Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze

    BIS

    • Kremerata Musica (Jun 97), CD-870

    Piccola Offerta Musicale, sarabanda & toccata for harp, flute, violin & piano trio, Ippolito Gioca, Il Presepio, catilena, viola & piano intermezzo, Puccettino nella Giungla, nonetto

    • Symphonies No.1 & 2 (Aug 98), CD-970
    • Symphony 3 (etc.) (Aug 01), CD-1070

    CAM

    • La Vita di Maria (1995 January 1), CAM 493062
    • Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (2004 April 30), CAM 493094
    • La Dolce Vita (2003 January 10), CAM 493095
    • Il Gattopardo (2005 January 28), CAM 493267
    • Accadde Al Penitenziario/Un Eroe Dei Nostri Tempi (1992 January 1), CAM 493295
    • Severino Gazzelloni Plays Nino Rota (1993 January 1), CAM 493397
    • Luis Bacalov Plays Nino Rota (1994 January 1), CAM 493398
    • 8½ (2009 March 1), CAM 511316
    • Amarcord (2003 March 28), CAM 511317
    • Giulietta degli Spiriti (2003 May 5), CAM 511318
    • Il Bidone (2003 May 21), CAM 512127
    • Fellini & Rota (2006 February 3), CAM 515348
    • I Clowns (2006 December 12), CAM 515394
    • Prova d'orchestra (2008 September 23), CAM 515465
    • Rocco e i suoi fratelli (2009 June 17), CAM 515510

    Chandos

    • Piano Concertos, CHAN 9681
    • The Film Music of Nino Rota (25 November 1999), CHAN 9771
    • Chamber Music (15 June 2000), CHAN 9832

    Clarinet, cello & piano trio, viola & piano sonata #2, flute, violin & piano trio, violin & piano sonata

    • Cello Concertos 1 & 2 (21 May 2001), CHAN 9892
    • Concertos (11 March 2002), CHAN 9954

    Harp concerto, bassoon concerto, Castel del Monte, trombone concerto

    • Suite from 'La Strada'/Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore/Waltzes from 'Il Gattopardo' (16 June 2003), CHAN 10090
    • Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 (1 June 2009), CHAN 10546

    DRG

    • The Taming of the Shrew
    • Shoot Loud, Louder...

      Yes! Yes!), directed by Marino Girolami, Marcello Marchesi and Vittorio Metz

    • Anna, directed by Alberto Lattuada
  • 1952
    • I tre corsari (The Three Pirates) (Three Corsairs), directed by Mario Soldati
    • La mano dello straniero (The Stranger's Hand), directed by Mario Soldati
    • Something Money Can't Buy, directed by Pat Jackson
    • I sette dell'orsa maggiore (Hell Raiders of the Deep) (Human Torpedoes) (Panique à Gibraltar), directed by Duilio Coletti
    • La regina di Saba (The Queen of Sheba), directed by Pietro Francisci
    • Noi due soli (We Two Alone), directed by Marino Girolami
    • Marito e moglie (Husband and Wife), directed by Eduardo De Filippo
    • Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair) (Yolanda), directed by Mario Soldati
    • Gli angeli del quartiere (Angels of the District), directed by Carlo Borghesio
    • Un ladro in paradiso, directed by Domenico Paolella
    • Lo sceicco bianco (The White Sheik), directed by Federico Fellini
    • Venetian Bird (El Alaméin) (The Assassin), directed by Ralph Thomas
  • 1953:
    • Star of India (Stella dell'India), directed by Arthur Lubin
    • Scampolo 53, directed by Giorgio Bianchi
    • Riscatto also known as Riscatto - tu sei il mio giudice, directed by Marino Girolami
    • La domenica della buona gente (Good Folk's Sunday), directed by Anton Giulio Majano
    • Fanciulle di lusso (Des gosses de riches) (Finishing School) (Luxury Girls), directed by Bernard Vorhaus
    • Le boulanger de Valorgue (Me li mangio vivi) (The Wild Oat), directed by Henri Verneuil
    • I vitelloni (Les inutiles) (Les vitelloni) (Spivs) (The Young and the Passionate) (Vitelloni), directed by Federico Fellini
    • Anni facili (Easy Years), directed by Luigi Zampa
    • Musoduro also known as Amore selvaggio (Marco la Bagarre) (The Hunt), directed by Giuseppe Bennati
    • L'ennemi public no 1 (Il nemico pubblico numero uno) (L'ennemi public numéro un) (Public Enemy Number One) (The Most Wanted Man) (The Most Wanted Man in the World), directed by Henri Verneuil
  • 1954:
    • Via Padova 46 also known as Lo scocciatore and Via Padova 46 - Lo scocciatore, directed by Giorgio Bianchi
    • Vergine moderna (Modern Virgin), directed by Marcello Pagliero
    • La nave delle donne maledette (Ship of Lost Women) (The Ship of Condemned Women), directed by Raffaello Matarazzo
    • La grande speranza (Submarine Attack) (The Great Hope) (Torpedo Zone), directed by Duilio Coletti
    • Le due orfanelle (Les deux orphelines) (The Two Orphans), directed by Giacomo Gentilomo
    • Divisione Folgore (Folgore Division), directed by Duilio Coletti
    • Garibaldina, episode of Cento d'amore (100 Years of Love), directed by Lionello De Felice
    • Pendolin, episode of Cento d'amore (100 Years of Love), directed by Lionello De Felice
    • Appassionatamente, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo
    • L'amante di Paride (Loves of Three Queens) (The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships), directed by Marc Allégret and Edgar G.

      Ulmer

    • La strada (The Road), directed by Federico Fellini
    • Mambo, directed by Robert Rossen
    • Proibito (Du sang dans le soleil) (Forbidden), directed by Mario Monicelli
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    • 1960s

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    1970s

    • 1970:
      • Paranoia (A Quiet Place to Kill) (A Beautiful Place to Kill) (Un tranquilo lugar para matar) (Una droga llamada Helen), directed by Umberto Lenzi
      • Waterloo (Ватерлоо), directed by Sergei Bondarchuk
    • 1971:
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    Concert works

    Music for piano

    • Il Mago doppio-Suite per quattro mani (1919)
    • Tre pezzi (1920)
    • Preludio e Fuga per Pianoforte a 4 Mani (Storia del Mago Doppio) (1922)
    • Illumina Tu, O Fuoco (1924)
    • Io Cesserò il Mio Canto (1924)
    • Ascolta o Cuore June (1924)
    • Il Presàgio (1925)
    • La Figliola Del Re (Un Augello Gorgheggiava) (1925)
    • Ippolito gioca (1930)
    • Campane a Festa (1931)
    • Campane a Sera (1933)
    • Il Pastorello e altre Due Liriche Infantili (1935)
    • La Passione (poesia popolare) (1938)
    • Bagatella (1941)
    • Fantasia in sol (1945)
    • Fantasia in do (1946)
    • Azione teatrale scritta nel 1752 da Pietro Metastasio (1954)
    • 15 Preludi (1964)
    • Sette Pezzi Difficili per Bambini (1971)
    • Cantico in Memoria di Alfredo Casella (1972)
    • Due Valzer sul nome di Bach (1975)

    Chamber

    Duets

    • Pezzo per Corno in Fa e Contrabasso (1931)
    • Sonata per ottoni e organo (1972)
    • Tre Pezzi per 2 flauti (1972–73)

    For string and piano

    • Improvviso in re minore per violino e pianoforte (1947)
    • Improvviso per Violino e Pianoforte (Un diavolo sentimentale) (1969)
    • Intermezzo per viola e pianoforte (1945)
    • Sonata in sol per Viola e Pianoforte (1934–35, revised 1970)
    • Sonata per Viola e Pianoforte della Sonata in Re per Clarinetto e pianoforte (1945)
    • Sonata per violino e pianoforte(1936–37)

    For wind and piano

    • Castel del Monte - Ballata per Corno e Pianoforte (1974)
    • Cinque Pezzi facili per flauto e pianoforte (1972)
    • Elegia Per Oboe E Pianoforte (1955)
    • Pezzo in re per clarinetto e pianoforte (Agosto) (1977)
    • Sonata in Re per Clarinetto e Pianoforte (1945)
    • Toccata per Fagotto e Pianoforte (1974)

    For flute and harp

    • Cadenze per il Concerto K299 di Mozart per flauto e arpa (1962)
    • Sonata per flauto e arpa (1937)

    Trios

    • Trio per clarinetto, violoncello e pianoforte (1973)
    • Trio per Flauto, Violino e Pianoforte (1958 settembre)

    Quartettos

    • Invenzioni per quartetto d'archi(1932)
    • Quartetto per archi (1948–54)

    Miscellaneous

    • Il Presepio: Quartetto d'archi con voce (1929)
    • Il Richiamo: Quintetto d'archi con voce (1923)
    • Minuetto (1931)
    • Nonetto, per flauto, oboe, clarinetto, fagotto, corno, violino, viola, cello e contrabasso (1959, 1974, 1977)
    • Piccola Offerta Musicale per flauto, oboe, clarinetto, corno e fagotto (1943)
    • Quintetto per flauto, oboe, viola, violoncello e arpa (1935)
    • Romanza (Aria) e Marcia (1968)
    • Sarabanda e Toccata per Arpa (1945)
    • Sonata per Organo (1965)

    Vocal

    • Perché Si Spense la Lampada (Quando Tu Sollevi la Lampada al Cielo) (August 1923)
    • Vocalizzi per Soprano leggero e Pianoforte (1957)
    • Tre liriche infantili per canto (soprano, tenor) e pianoforte/Three children's lyrical poems for voice and piano (1935)
    • Le Prime Battute di 6 Canzoni e un Coro per "L'Isola Disabitata" (April 1932)
    • Mater fons amoris per Soprano (o tenore) solo, coro di donne e organo (1961)
    • Canto e Pianoforte/Voice and Piano (1972)
    • Ballata e Sonetto di Petrarca (1933)

    Music for orchestra

    • Infanzia di S.

      Giovanni Battista oratorio per soli, coro e orchestra (1922)

    • Balli per piccola orchestra (1932–1934)
    • Sonata (Canzona) per orchestra da camera (1935)
    • Variazioni e fuga nei 12 toni sul nome di Bach per orchestra(1950)
    • Concerto in fa, Concerto Festivo per orchestra (1958–61)
    • Concerto per archi (1964–65, nuova revisione 1977)
    • Due Momenti (Divertimenti) (1970)
    • Fantasia sopra dodici note del (1960)
    • Fuga per Quartetto d'Archi, Organo e Orchestra d'Archi (1923)
    • Guardando il Fujiyama (Pensiero per Hiroshima) (1976)
    • La Fiera di Bari (1963, 28-4)
    • La Strada (1966)
    • Le Molière imaginaire - Ballet Suite (1976–78)
    • Meditazione per coro e orchestra (1954)
    • Rabelaisiana.

      In 1939, he became a professor of theory and counterpoint, and later composition, at the Piccinni Conservatory in Bari, going on to become director of the institution, where Riccardo Muti was among his students. Under Casella's tutelage, in 1930, Rota graduated (at just 18 years of age) with a degree in composition from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

      Nino's childhood home was one of the most important musical salons in Milan; regular visits from the preeminent composers of the day contributed to development of the young Nino. Danny Elfman frequently cites Nino Rota as a major influence. At Fellini's funeral, in accordance with the wishes of his widow, Giulietta Masina, trombonist Mauro Maur performed Rota's Improvviso dell’angelo in the Basilique Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.

    Nino Rota

    Nino Rota

    Background information
    Birth nameGiovanni Rota Rinaldi
    BornDecember 3, 1911(1911-12-03)
    Milan, Lombardy, Italy
    DiedApril 10, 1979 (aged 67)
    Rome, Italy

    Nino Rota (December 3, 1911, Milan – April 10, 1979, Rome) was a world-renowned Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti.

    Alongside this great body film work, he composed ten operas, five ballets and dozens of other orchestral, choral and chamber works, the best known being his string concerto. He returned to cinema when Guido M. Gatti offered him a position at Lux Film, a production company for which he would work continuously from 1942 to 1962, with directors including Mario Soldati, Alberto Lattuada, Mario Camerini, Luigi Comencini and, most notably, Federico Fellini.

    He wrote more than 150 scores for Italian and international productions from the 1930s until his death in 1979—an average of three scores each year over a 46 year period, and in his most productive period from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s he wrote as many as ten scores every year, and sometimes more, with a remarkable thirteen film scores to his credit in 1954.

    romeo e giulietta nino rota biography

    Thus, at this time Rota sustained a dual career as a composer of concert/theatrical music and of soundtracks for films.

    The 1950s saw the creation of Rota's most well-known work, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, which critics consider to be the only true Opera Buffa of the 20th century. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for the first two films of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, receiving for the latter the Academy Award for Best original Score in 1974.

    During his long career Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema.

    He won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, where he was taught conducting by Fritz Reiner and had Rosario Scalero as an instructor in composition.[3] Returning to Milan, he wrote a thesis on the Renaissance composer Gioseffo Zarlino. Noteworthy among his numerous film scores (of which he would create roughly one per year) are The Glass Mountain by Henry Cass, War and Peace by King Vidor, Side Street Story by Eduardo De Filippo, This Angry Age by René Clément, and The Great War by Mario Monicelli.

    His world was inner, inside himself, and reality had no way to enter it.[4].

    The relation Fellini - Rota was so strong that even at the Funerals of Fellini, Giulietta Masina, Fellini's wife, asked to the trumpeter Mauro Maur to play the "Improvviso dell'Angelo" of Rota in the Basilic S. Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome [5].

    Rota's score for Fellini's 8½ (1963) is often cited as one of the factors which makes the film cohesive.

    Having grown up in a somewhat anachronistic atmosphere, Rota would retain a nostalgic attachment to the idea of the salon bourgeois, and was a regular visitor at Cecchi's salon during his time in Rome. sì!