Nino Rota (December 3, 1911, Milan – April 10, 1979, Rome) was an Italian composer best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini, or Luchino Visconti. 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.
Rota also composed ten operas, five ballets and many other orchestral and choral works, the best known being his string c...
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Nino Rota (December 3, 1911, Milan – April 10, 1979, Rome) was an Italian composer best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini, or Luchino Visconti. 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.
Rota also composed ten operas, five ballets and many other orchestral and choral works, the best known being his string concerto.
Born into a musical family in Milan, Rota studied at the conservatory there under Ildebrando Pizzetti. A renowned child prodigy, his first oratorio, L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista, was performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923 and his lyrical comedy, Il Principe Porcaro, was composed in 1926. Encouraged by Arturo Toscanini, Rota moved to the United States where he lived from 1930 to 1932. He won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, where he was taught conducting by Fritz Reiner and had Rosario Scalero as an...
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