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Nino Rota is best known for his many film scores—in particular for the seminal Fellini films La Strada (1954), La Dolce Vita (1960), 8 1/2 (1963), Juliet of the Spirits (1965), and Amarcord (1974). He also wrote the scores for Franco Zeffirelli 's Romeo and Juliet (1968), Luchino Visconti 's The Leopard , and Francis Ford Coppola 's The ...
Music Department. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti. Then, still a child, he moved to Rome where he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929 with Alfredo Casella.
Italian composer best known for his heart-rending score for 1972's The Godfather and the Academy Award-winning music for its 1974 sequel. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1920s - 1970s. Born. December 3, 1911 in Milan, Italy. Died. April 10, 1979 in Rome, Italy. Genre. Stage & Screen, Classical, Avant-Garde. Styles.
Giovanni Rota Rinaldi, better known as Nino Rota, was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare screen adaptations, and for the first two installments of Francis ...
Nino Rota. Jump to Edit. Overview. Born. December 3, 1911 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Died. April 10, 1979 · Rome, Lazio, Italy (coronary thrombosis) Birth name. Giovanni Rota Rinaldi. Mini Bio. Born in Milan in 1911 into a family of musicians, Nino Rota was first a student of Orefice and Pizzetti.
Nino Rota (1911 – 1979) was born into a family of musicians in Milan. He was initially a student of Giacomo Orefice and Ildebrando Pizzetti until he moved to Rome while still a child and completed his studies under Alfredo Casella at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929.
The Italian composer’s bitter-sweet style graces many classic films; perhaps the time is ripe to discover his concert music, says Mervyn Cooke
