Vieri Tosatti
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Vieri Tosatti (born Rome, 1920 - died there, 1999) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his operas, among them Il sistema della dolcezza (1948), after Edgar Allan Poe's "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", and Partita a pugni (1953), about a boxing match. His output also includes chamber music, as well as some symphonic and choral works. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Ildebrando Pizzetti.
References
- [http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1999/marzo/24/Morto_musicista_Vieri_Tosatti_co_10_990324634.shtml Obituary] in the Corriere della sera (in Italian)
- [https://www.andreariderelli.it/vieritosatti/ Biography and Catalog] (in Italian)
- [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vieri-tosatti/ Biography] at Treccani.it (in Italian)
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Category:Italian opera composers
Category:Italian male opera composers
Category:Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni
Category:20th-century Italian classical composers
Category:20th-century male composers
Category:20th-century Italian male musicians
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