Rota, Nino
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Birthname | 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) | ||||
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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.
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)
Source Notes
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
- 1911 births
- Birthday 3 December
- Birthplace Milan, ITALY
- Sun 9 Sagittarius
- Moon 1 Taurus
- Asc 6 Sagittarius
- 1979 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
- Family : Childhood : Family supportive
- Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Vocation : Education : Administrator
- Vocation : Education : Teacher
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Conductor
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist
- Notable : Awards : Oscar