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:Composers from Rome

Category:Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni

Category:1920 births

Category:1999 deaths

Category:20th-century Italian classical composers

Category:20th-century male composers

Category:20th-century Italian male musicians

Category:Burials at the Cimitero Flaminio

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