Vincenzo Tommasini (17 September 187823 December 1950) was an Italian composer. Born in Rome, Tommasini studied

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and the

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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

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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

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for the

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in '' The Good-Humoured Ladies'' (''Le donne di buon umore''). It was he and

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who completed

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'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

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, also for orchestra, on the ''

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Selected filmography

* '' A Pistol Shot'' (1942)

External links

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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. ''

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'' *David Ewen, ''Encyclopedia of Concert Music''. New York; Hill and Wang, 1959. 1878 births 1950 deaths Italian opera composers Italian male opera composers Composers from Rome Sapienza University of Rome alumni 20th-century Italian classical composers 20th-century male composers 20th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub Ballets Russes composers