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Died February 19, 1994, New York City, New York, United States Compositions Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: III Sinfonia da caccia, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: III Sinfonia da caccia, Tre Marcie per le Bestie: Marcia funebre per un uccelino, Tre Marcie per le Bestie: Marcia funebre per un uccelino, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: IV Corale secondo, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: IV Corale secondo, La Danseuse aux lions, La Danseuse aux lions, Tre Marcie per le Bestie: Marcia militare per le formiche, Tre Marcie per le Bestie: Marcia militare per le formiche, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: V Allegro fugato, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: V Allegro fugato, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: I Intoduzione, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: I Intoduzione, Tre Marcie per le Bestie: Marcia nuziale per un coccodrillo, Tre Marcie per le Bestie: Marcia nuziale per un coccodrillo, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: II Corale primo, Incisioni – Five Engravings in Brass: II Corale primo Similar People Sylvia Marlowe, Leone Sinigaglia, Alfredo Casella, Viktor Ullmann, Gian Francesco Malipiero | ||
Vittorio rieti concerto per clavicembalo e orchestra 1957
Vittorio Rieti ([ˈrjeːti]; January 28, 1898 – February 19, 1994) was a Jewish-Italian composer. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Rieti moved to Milan to study economics. He subsequently studied in Rome under Respighi and Casella, and lived there until 1940.
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- Vittorio rieti concerto per clavicembalo e orchestra 1957
- Vittorio rieti partita 1945
- Selected works
- References
In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for George Balanchine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Barabau. He met his wife in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a cousin of actor Vittorio Rietti.
He emigrated to the United States in 1940, becoming a naturalized American citizen on the 1st of June 1944. He taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64). He died in New York on 19 February 1994.
His music is tonal and neo-classical with a melodic and elegant style.