Vieri Tosatti
Illustration — Vieri Tosatti Vieri Tosatti (born in Rome, 1920 - died there, 1999) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his operas, among them Il sistema della dolcezza (1948), after Edgar Allan Poe's "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", and Partita a pugni (1953), about a boxing match. His output also includes chamber music, as well as some symphonic and choral works.
Vieri Tosatti
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- Born
- Vieri Tosatti was born on 2 November 1920. · Rome.
- Died
- Vieri Tosatti died on 22 March 1999. · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Languages
- Italian
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Vieri Tosatti appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a composer (2 November 1920 – 22 March 1999).
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Vieri Tosatti was born in Rome (2 November 1920) and died in Rome (22 March 1999).
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He studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Ildebrando Pizzetti. Tosatti's also known because of his work for avant-garde composer Giacinto Scelsi as a score transcriptionist and orchestra conductor.
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1920
Vieri Tosatti was born on 2 November 1920.
1999
Vieri Tosatti died on 22 March 1999.
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Vieri Tosatti was born at Rome.
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Vieri Tosatti died at Rome.
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Vieri Tosatti is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Italy. Recorded with the occupation composer. Classed in the genre opera.
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