Alessandro Cicognini (15 January 1906 – 9 November 1995) was an Italian composer who is chiefly remembered for his

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

Biography

Born in

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, Cicognini graduated with a degree in music composition from the

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in 1927 where he was a pupil of Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Renzo Bossi.Anna Rita Colaianni. "Cicognini, Alessandro". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1933 his opera, ''Donna Lombarda'', inspired by a popular folk ballad, premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin. From then, with the exceptions of ''Messa a 5 voci'' and ''Saul'', he focused his activities on composing musical scores for over 100 films, often collaborating with filmmakers

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and

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. Much of his film music makes use of small ensembles and unusual instrumentation, rather than the lush orchestral scores common to film music of the mid-20th century. His style has been described as late-romantic, and was characterized by immediacy and catchiness. In 1965 he retired from film composition and became a teacher; one of his soundtracks, to the 1953 film '' Stazione Termini'', was reused in ''

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'' in 1993. Cicognini died in

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on 9 November 1995 at the age of 89.

Film scores

Il compagno don Camillo ''Don Camillo in Moscow'' ( it, Il compagno Don Camillo, "Comrade Don Camillo"; french: Don Camillo en Russie, "Don Camillo in Russia") is a 1965 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was the fifth film in the Don Camillo series ...

(1965) * The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) *

Il giudizio universale ''The Last Judgment'' ( it, Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced with France. It has an all-star Italian and international cast, including Americans Jack Palance, E ...

(1961) * Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo (1961) *

A Breath of Scandal ''A Breath of Scandal'' (released as ''Olympia'' in Italy) is a 1960 American/Italian international co-production romantic Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of ...

(1960) *

It Started in Naples ''It Started in Naples'' is a 1960 American romantic comedy film directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Jack Rose from a screenplay by Suso Cecchi d'Amico, based on the story by Michael Pertwee and Jack Davies. The Technicolor cinem ...

(1960) * Bread, Love and Andalusia (1959) * The Black Orchid (film) (1958) *

Anna di Brooklyn ''Anna of Brooklyn'' ( it, Anna di Brooklyn) is a 1958 French-Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and and starring Gina Lollobrigida, De Sica and Amedeo Nazzari. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were de ...

(1958) * È arrivata la parigina (1958) *

Vacanze a Ischia ''Vacanze a Ischia'' (also known as ''Holiday Island'') is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. Plot The lives of several people intersect as they go on vacation to enjoy a pleasant holiday on the island. A lawyer spends it i ...

(1957) * Il tetto (1956) * Il bigamo (1956) * La fortuna di essere donna (1956) * La banda degli onesti (1956) *

La finestra sul Luna Park ''The Window to Luna Park'' ( it, La finestra sul Luna Park) is a 1957 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Giulia Rubini - Ada, Aldo's wife * Gastone Renzelli ...

(1956) * Loser Takes All (1956) *

Tempo di villeggiatura ''Time of Vacation'' ( it, Tempo di villeggiatura) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Racioppi, at his directorial debut. For this film Marisa Merlini won a Silver Ribbon for Best supporting Actress. Plot In a hotel in Corni ...

(1956) * Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956) * Pane, amore e... (1955) *

Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone ''Don Camillo's Last Round'' (French: ''La grande bagarre de Don Camillo'', Italian: ''Don Camillo e l'onorevole Peppone'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Fernandel, Gino Cervi and Leda Gloria. It wa ...

(1955) * Summertime (1955) * Gli ultimi cinque minuti (1955) * L'arte di arrangiarsi (1955) *

Siamo uomini o caporali ''Are We Men or Corporals?'' ( it, Siamo uomini o caporali) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot Toto is very good at acting, and so he is called in a study to be in a film. However he combines a mess and is of ...

(1955) * Ulysses (1954) * Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954) * L'oro di Napoli (1954) *

Pane, amore e gelosia ''Bread, Love and Jealousy'' ( it, Pane, amore e gelosia), known as ''Frisky'' in the US, is a 1954 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. It is the second part of the Italian trilogy, preceded by ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' an ...

(1954) *

Tempi nostri ''A Slice of Life'' ( it, Tempi nostri, link=no, french: Quelques pas dans la vie, link=no, also known as ''The Anatomy of Love'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and Paul Paviot. Plot Mara From a story by Vasco ...

(1954) *

Graziella ''Graziella'' is an 1852 novel by the French author Alphonse de Lamartine. It tells of a young French man who falls for a fisherman's granddaughter – the eponymous Graziella – during a trip to Naples, Italy; they are separated when ...

(1954) *

Pane, amore e fantasia ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award. Plot The film is set in Sagliena, an imaginar ...

(1953) *

Siamo donne ''We, the Women'' (also known as ''Of Life and Love'' and in it, Siamo donne) is a 1953 Italian portmanteau film divided into five segments and directed by five different directors. Four of these segments focus upon alleged events in the priv ...

(1953) * Il ritorno di Don Camillo (1953) * Stazione Termini (1953) *

Gli eroi della domenica ''Sunday Heroes'' ( it, Gli eroi della domenica) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Mario Camerini. Cast * Raf Vallone as Gino Bardi * Cosetta Greco as Mara * Marcello Mastroianni as Carlo Vagnetti * Paolo Stoppa as Piero * Franco Inte ...

(1953) * Wanda la peccatrice (1952) *

Two Cents Worth of Hope ''Two Cents Worth of Hope'' ( it, Due soldi di speranza) is a 1952 film directed by Renato Castellani. It is the third part of Castellani's ''Young Love'' trilogy, following '' Sotto il sole di Roma'' (1948) and '' È primavera...''(1950). It sh ...

(1952) *

Don Camillo Don Camillo () and Peppone () are the fictional protagonists of a series of works by the Italian writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi set in what Guareschi refers to as the "small world" of rural Italy after World War II. Most of the Don Cam ...

(1952) *

Buongiorno, elefante! ''Hello Elephant'' ( it, Buongiorno, elefante!) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini. Cast * Vittorio De Sica: Carlo Caretti * María Mercader: Maria Caretti * Sabu: Sultan of Nagore * Nando Bruno Nando Bruno (6 Oc ...

(1952) * Umberto D. (1952) * Altri tempi (1952) * Moglie per una notte (1952) * Il segreto delle tre punte (1952) * La strada finisce sul fiume (1951) * Guardie e ladri (1951) *

I sette nani alla riscossa ''I sette nani alla riscossa'', internationally released as ''The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue'' in 1965, is a 1951 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Paolo W. Tamburella. Cast * Rossana Podestà: Princess Snow White * Georges Marchal: T ...

(1951) * Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951) * Miracolo a Milano (1951) *

Prima comunione ''Father's Dilemma'' ( it, Prima comunione) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It won an award at the Venice Film Festival. Details * The voice of the narrator is Alberto Sordi. When Sordi worked on the film he had ju ...

(1950) * Cavalcata d'eroi (1950) * Domani è troppo tardi (1950) *

Il ladro di Venezia ''The Thief of Venice'' or ''Il Ladro di Venezia'' is a 1950 Italian film directed by John Brahm. The US title was "The Thief of Venice". It was released in the US two years after being made. Plot In 1575 Venice, the Doge has just died and Sca ...

(1950) * Vogliamoci bene! (1950) *

Fiamma che non si spegne ''The Flame That Will Not Die'' (Italian: ''Fiamma che non si spegne'') is a 1949 Italian war drama film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Gino Cervi, María Denis and Leonardo Cortese.Bonsaver & Gordon p.104 It is based on the story o ...

(1949) * Il grido della terra (1949) * Il Conte Ugolino (1949) * Ho sognato il Paradiso (1949) * Paolo e Francesca (1949) *

Rondini in volo ''Flying Squadron'' (Italian: ''Rondini in volo'') is a 1949 Italian adventure film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Massimo Serato, Dina Sassoli and Umberto Spadaro. The film's sets were designed by Alfredo Montori. Cast *Massimo Serato a ...

(1949) *

Lo sparviero del Nilo ''Hawk of the Nile'' ( it, Lo sparviero del Nilo) is a 1950 Italian adventure film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Enzo Fiermonte and Silvana Pampanini. Plot In the first half of the nineteenth century the young Leila left Paris, whe ...

(1949) * Ladri di biciclette (1948) *

Il cavaliere misterioso ''The Mysterious Rider'' ( it, Il cavaliere misterioso, lit=The Mysterious Cavalier) is a 1948 Italian historical-adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. Cast *Vittorio Gassman: Giacomo Casanova, Cavalier of Seingalt *María Mercader: Elisab ...

(1948) * Il cavaliere del sogno (1947) * Ultimo amore (1947) * Il duomo di Milano (1947) * Cronaca nera (1947) * Le avventure di Pinocchio (1947) * Sciuscià (1946) * La sua strada (1946) * Lo sconosciuto di San Marino (1946) * Due lettere anonime (1945) * La resa di Titì (1945) * Nessuno torna indietro (1945) * Tristi amori (1943) * '' A Living Statue'' (1943) * Il nostro prossimo (1943) * Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1942) * Pastor Angelicus (1942) * Quarta pagina (1942) * La maestrina (1942) * Primo amore (1941) * La corona di ferro (1941) * Ridi pagliaccio! (1941) * Giuliano de' Medici (1941) * Senza cielo (1940) *

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Paves ...

(1940) * Una romantica avventura (1940) * La peccatrice (1940) * '' Beyond Love'' (1940) * Melodie eterne (1940) * La Nascita di Salomè (1940) * '' One Hundred Thousand Dollars'' (1940) * Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa (1939) *

Backstage Backstage most commonly refers to backstage (theatre), also in motion picture and television production. Backstage may also refer to: Film and television * ''Back Stage'' (1969 film), a silent film starring Oliver Hardy * ''Back Stage'' (1942 fil ...

* Il documento (1939) * Cavalleria rusticana (1939) * Una moglie in pericolo (1939) *

I grandi magazzini ''Department Store'' (Italian:''I grandi magazzini'') is a 1939 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Camerini. It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The film entered the competition at the 7th Venice Internat ...

(1939) * Castelli in aria (1939) * Napoli che non muore (1939) * Ettore Fieramosca (1938) * Napoli d'altri tempi (1938) * Partire (1938) * Le due madri (1938) * Il corsaro nero (1937) * I due misantropi (1937, uncredited) * I due sergenti (1936, uncredited)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cicognini, Alessandro 1906 births 1995 deaths 20th-century classical composers Italian film score composers Italian opera composers Italian male film score composers People from Pescara Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians