Benedetto Ghiglia
{{Short description|Italian composer, conductor and pianist}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Benedetto Ghiglia.jpg
| caption = Benedetto Ghiglia (2008)
| birth_date = {{Birth-date|27 December 1921}}
| birth_place = Fiesole, Florence, Italy
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|4 July 2012|27 December 1921}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
}}
Benedetto Ghiglia (27 December 1921 – 4 July 2012) was an Italian composer, conductor and pianist.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/benedetto-ghiglia_(Enciclopedia-del-Cinema)/|title=GHIGLIA, Benedetto|author=Paolo Patrizi|encyclopedia=Enciclopedia del Cinema|year=2003|publisher=Treccani}}
Life and career
Born in Fiesole, Ghiglia graduated in composition and piano from the Florence Conservatory.Enzo Giannelli. "Benedetto Ghiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. He then started an activity as a chamber musician, both as solo and in couple with cellist Pietro Grossi.
Since the early 1950s Ghiglia focused his career on composing film scores, often working in the documentary genre.{{cite news|last1=Andrea Pirrello |title=Addio al compositore Benedetto Ghiglia lavorò con Pasolini e i Taviani|work=Paese Sera|date=14 July 2012}} In 1976 he formed the stage company "Teatro-Canzone" with his wife Adriana Martino. He also composed incidental music for all the stage plays by Mario Missiroli.
Between 1980 and 1985 he was vice-president of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
Selected filmography
- Adiós gringo (1965)
- Six Days a Week (1965)
- Espionage in Tangier (1965)
- I Knew Her Well (1965)
- Balearic Caper (1966)
- Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966)
- 4 Dollars of Revenge (1966)
- Johnny Colt (1966)
- A Stranger in Town (1967)
- The Strange Night (1967)
- Pigsty (1969)
- Corbari (1970)
- Tulips of Haarlem (1970)
- Lover of the Great Bear (1971)
- St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972)
- Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam (1973)
- To Forget Venice (1979)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0315742}}
- {{discogs artist|Benedetto Ghiglia}}
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Category:Florence Conservatory alumni
Category:Italian film score composers
Category:Italian male film score composers
Category:Italian conductors (music)