OTTORINO RESPIGHI

Ottorino Respighi gave Italian orchestral music a vivid language of colour, history, and place. The composer from Italy is best known for Roman tone poems such as Fontane di Roma, Pini di Roma, and Feste romane. His tag connects the orchestra, ancient and Renaissance memory, and the brilliant surface of 20th-century classical sound.

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Music Theory

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ORCHESTRA

Bernini's famous fountains are filled with Respighi's music

Fontane di Roma is a symphonic poem written by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1916. It depicts Rome’s...