Italian composer (1878–1950)
Vincenzo Tommasini Vincenzo Tommasini (17 September 1878 – 23 December 1950) was an Italian composer.
Born in Rome, Tommasini studied philology and the Greek language at the University of Rome , at the same time pursuing equally intensive studies in music at the Academy of St. Cecilia . In 1902 he traveled extensively throughout Europe; during this time he studied under Max Bruch in Berlin. He first achieved note with a one-act opera, Uguale fortuna , which won a national competition. His biggest success internationally was his 1916 arrangement of keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti for the Sergei Diaghilev ballet in The Good-Humoured Ladies Le donne di buon umore ). It was he and Arturo Toscanini who completed Arrigo Boito 's unfinished opera Nerone
Tommasini was a leading figure in the revival of orchestral music in twentieth-century Italy. Among his other works are Paesaggi toscani Tuscan Landscapes ) for orchestra and a set of variations , also for orchestra, on the Carnival of Venice
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References
Guido M. Gatti (Nov. 1, 1921). Some Italian Composers of To-Day. VIII. Vincenzo Tommasini. The Musical Times , Vol. 62, No. 945, pp. 767–770.
Staff report (December 25, 1950). VINCENZO TOMMASINI, COMPOSER OF OPERAS. New York Times
David Ewen, Encyclopedia of Concert Music . New York; Hill and Wang, 1959.
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