Ottorino Respighi

  • Known for: Sound / Music
  • Date of birth: 1879. July 9.
  • Place of birth: Bologna, Italy

Ottorino Respighi was an Italian violinist, composer and musicologist, best known for his trilogy of orchestral tone poems: Fountains of Rome (1916), Pines of Rome (1924), and Roman Festivals (1928). His musicological interest in 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century music led him to compose pieces based on...

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