Rota, Nino

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Name
Rota, Nino Gender: M
Giovanni Rota Rinaldi
born on 3 December 1911 at 07:30 (= 07:30 AM )
Place Milan, Italy, 45n28, 9e12
Timezone MET h1e (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_sagcol.18.gif 09°59' s_mo.18.gif s_taucol.18.gif 01°03 Asc.s_sagcol.18.gif 06°09'



Nino Rota (at age 12)

Biography

Italian musician and film composer, he won the co-composer Oscar with Carmine Coppola for the musical score of The Godfather Part II (1974).

Born into a family of musicians, Rota began playing the piano in 1919, studying with his mother about the same time he began to compose. In 1923, he entered the Milan Conservatory, studying with Orefice and Pizzetti. While still a child, his family moved to Rome, and he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1929-1930. Considered a musical prodigy, he was already gaining fame as both a composer and a conductor, and his first oratorio, "L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista," was performed in 1923 in Milan and Paris. In 1926, he composed his lyrical comedy, "Il Principe Porcaro."

Rota won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, so from 1930-1932, he lived in the United States while attending classes in composition and orchestra. After completing his studies there, he returned to Italy and attended the University of Milan, getting his degree in literature. He began to teach in 1937, eventually becoming director of the Bari Conservatory, a title he held from 1950 until his death.

In the mid-1940s, Rota began writing film scores. He began an association with Fellini that ultimately lasted 25 years. They worked together on La Strada (1954) and La Dolce Vita (1959), among others. He worked with Visconti as well, on The Leopard (1963).

Nino Rota died from a coronary thrombosis on 10 April 1979 at age 67 in Rome, Italy.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

  • Social : Begin a program of study 1919 (Playing the piano)
  • Social : Begin a program of study 1923 (Milan Conservatory)
  • Social : End a program of study 1930 (Conservatory of Santa Cecilia)
  • Social : Begin a program of study 1930 at 12:00 midnight in Philadelphia, PA (Curtis Institute, two years)
  • Work : New Career 1937 (Began teaching)
  • Work : New Job 1950 (Director of Bari Conservatory)
  • Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1954 (Released "La Strata")
  • Work : Prize 1974 (Co-composer Oscar)
  • Death by Disease 10 April 1979 (Coronary thrombosis, age 67)
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Source Notes

birth certificate

Marcello Borges quotes Bordoni, B.C.

Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file (shown at left).

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack (Coronary thrombosis)
  • Family : Childhood : Family supportive (Studied with his mother)
  • Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem (Worked with Fellini & Visconti)
  • Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (U.S. for studies)
  • Vocation : Education : Administrator (Conservatory director)
  • Vocation : Education : Teacher
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger (Film composer)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Conductor
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Piano)
  • Notable : Awards : Oscar