Nino Rota

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Nino Rota was an Italian composer best known for his iconic film scores, including his collaborations with Federico Fellini and his music for The Godfather.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian person
composer
film score composer
human
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
awardReceivedFor The Godfather Part II
birthName Giovanni Rota Rinaldi
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Italy
composed opera I due timidi
opera Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
oratorio Mysterium
countryOfBirth Italy
countryOfDeath Italy
dateOfBirth 1911-12-03
dateOfDeath 1979-04-10
educatedAt Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Curtis Institute of Music
Milan Conservatory
employer Conservatory of Bari
familyName Rota
fieldOfWork classical music
film music
genre film score
opera
orchestral music
givenName Giovanni
knownFor collaborations with Federico Fellini
music for The Godfather
language Italian
movement 20th-century classical music
name Nino Rota
nickname Nino
notableWork 8½ (film score)
Amarcord (film score)
Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) (film score)
La dolce vita (film score)
La strada (film score)
Romeo and Juliet (1968 film score)
The Godfather (film score)
The Godfather Part II (film score)
occupation academic
composer
pianist
placeOfBirth Milan
placeOfDeath Rome
positionHeld director of the Conservatory of Bari
residence Bari
Rome
workedWith Federico Fellini
Francis Ford Coppola
Franco Zeffirelli
Luchino Visconti
yearOfAward 1975


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