Ottorino respighi biography of abraham
Ottorino respighi biography of abraham
Ottorino Respighi String Quartet in D Major (1907) Sound-bites and discussion.
Ottorino Respighi
Biography
The composer and musicologist Ottorino Respighi (born in Bologna on July 9, , died in Rome on April 18, ) is perhaps best known for his three Ancient Airs and Dances suites.
Respighi's father was a piano teacher, who taught the child violin and piano. Ottorino continued studying violin with Federico Sarti at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna, and composition with Giuseppe Martucci and the early music scholar Luigi Torchi.
Later Respighi briefly studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia, and considered these lessons very important. He also had composition lessons with Max Bruch.
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Respighi's original compositions include the symphonic poems Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals and Brazilian Impressions, and these are now standard repertoire works. On the other hand, his operas, from the early Semir�ma to the late Lucrezia, are hardly ever played or recorded nowadays.
Respighi was also a devoted scholar of the Italia