Tosatti, Vieri

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Tosatti, Vieri

Tosatti, Vieri, Italian composer, writer, and teacher; b. Rome, Nov. 2, 1920; d. there, March 23, 1999. He was a student of Dobici, Ferdinandi, Jachino, and Petrassi at the Rome Cons. (diploma, 1942) and of Pizzetti (1942-45). He taught at the Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra (1966-86) and the Cons. di Santa Cecilia (1973-80) in Rome. His compositions followed along conservative lines in an eclectic style.

Works

dramatic: Opera : Dionisio (1945-46); Il sistema della dolcezza (Bergamo, Oct. 25, 1951); Il giudizio universale (Milan, April 2, 1955); L’isola del tesoro (concert perf., Rome, June 22, 1958; stage perf., Bologna, Nov. 20, 1958); La fiera della meraviglie (1959-61; Rome, Jan. 30, 1963); Il paradiso e il poeta (1964-65; concert perf., Turin, Dec. 3, 1971). ORCH.: Piano Concerto (1945); Viola Concerto (1966); Concerto iperciclico for Clarinet and Orch. (1970). CHAMBER: Concerto for Wind Quintet and Piano (1945); Introduzione fiabesca for Piano Trio (1943); Piccola sonata for Violin and Piano (1945); a variety of whimsical piano pieces. VOCAL: Sinfonia corale for Chorus and Orch. (1944); II concerto della demenza for Narrator, 2 Pianos, and Chamber Orch. (1946); Requiem (1963); 2 coretti for 3 Women’s Voices (1970); songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire