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Jewish-Italian-American composer
Vittorio Rieti (January 28, 1898 – February 19, 1994) was a
Jewish -
Italian -
American
composer . Born in
Alexandria, Egypt , Rieti moved to
Milan to study economics. He subsequently studied music in Rome under
Respighi and
Casella , and lived there until 1940.
[1]
In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for
George Balanchine 's ballet for
Diaghilev 's
Ballets Russes , Barabau .
[2] He met his wife in
Alexandria ,
Egypt . He was a cousin of actor
Vittorio Rietti .[
citation needed ]
He emigrated to the United States in 1940, becoming a naturalized American citizen on 1 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.
[1]
His music is
tonal and
neo-classical with a melodic and elegant style.[
citation needed ]
Selected works
Ballet
Orchestral
Symphony No. 3 (1932)
Symphony No. 4 (1942)
Suite "La Fontaine" (1968)
Concertante
Piano Concerto No. 3 (1955)
Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra (1952–1955, 1972)
Cello Concerto No. 2 (1953)
Triple Concerto for violin, viola, piano and orchestra (1971)
Chamber music
Capriccio for violin and piano (1941)
Partita for harpsichord, flute, oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello (1945)
String Quartet No. 3 (1951)
Woodwind Quintet (1957)
String Quartet No. 4 (1960)
Concertino for 5 Instruments for flute, viola, cello, harp and harpsichord (1963)
Pastorale e fughetta for flute, viola and piano (or harpsichord) (1966)
Sonata à 5 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano (1966)
Incisioni for brass quintet (1967)
Silografie for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and basson (1967)
Sestetto pro Gemini for flute, oboe, piano, violin, viola and cello (1975)
Keyboard
Second Avenue Waltzes for 2 pianos (1942)
Sonata all' Antica for harpsichord (1946)
[3]
Suite champêtre for 2 pianos (1948)
Medieval Variations (1962)
Chorale, variazioni e finale for 2 pianos (1969)
Film music
[4]
Notes
^
a
b "Rieti, Vittorio" in Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians , ed. Laura Kuhn. Schirmer Books, 1997.
^ Samuel Rechtoris (1991) - booklet note published in "Vittorio Rieti" CD, New World NWCR 601
^ Palmer, Larry (August 1982).
"Harpsichord News" (PDF) .
The Diapason . 73 (873): 3.
^
Internet Movie Database
External links
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