Virgilio_Ranzato

Virgilio Ranzato

Virgilio Ranzato

Italian composer and violinist

Virgilio Ranzato (May 7, 1882 in Venice – April 20, 1937 in Como) was an Italian composer and violinist.[1]

A performance of Il paese dei campanelli

Biography

Ranzato began his career firstly as violin player on the Conservatory in Venezia and Milan. Later he studied musical composition as well. Than he worked mostly as chamber music player or conductor. From around 1910 he worked mostly as a composer, and besides others he wrote an opera Campane di guerra (1933, Milan), and several operettas. Ranzato served as concertmaster for the LaScala Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. He made several recordings on the Pathe label.

Works

References

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    Guido Ceriotti -Storia sociale e culturale d'Italia: Lo spettacolo 1987 - Page 276 "Molto numerosa è la produzione del più giovane Virgilio Ranzato (1883-1937), che, insieme al Paese dei campanelli, scrisse, ancora su testo di Lombardo, Cin-Ci-Là (1928), operetta di ambientazione esotica e soffusa d'ingenuo erotismo, ..."


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