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Nino Rota

1911 - 1979

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Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi (; Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈniːno ˈrɔːta riˈnaldi]; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare screen adaptations, and for the first two installments of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather Part II (1974). During his long career, Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nino Rota is the 92nd most popular composer (down from 85th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 387th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Composer.

Nino Rota is most famous for his work with Federico Fellini, composing the music for the films 8 1/2, Amarcord, and La Dolce Vita.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nino Rota ranks 92 out of 1,451. Before him are Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, John Williams, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Olivier Messiaen, and Carl Czerny. After him are John Cage, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Pierre Boulez, Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and Leonard Bernstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Nino Rota ranks 13. Before him are Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Władysław Szpilman, Luis Walter Alvarez, Todor Zhivkov, and Czesław Miłosz. After him are William Golding, Mikhail Botvinnik, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Louise Bourgeois, Milovan Đilas, and William Howard Stein. Among people deceased in 1979, Nino Rota ranks 8. Before him are Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Mary Pickford, Park Chung-hee, Giuseppe Meazza, John Wayne, and Ernst Chain. After him are Dennis Gabor, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Renoir, Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, and Talcott Parsons.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nino Rota ranks 452 out of 5,161. Before him are Brennus (-500), Pope Callixtus I (180), Maria Luisa of Spain (1745), Cesare Maldini (1932), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), and Pope Benedict VII (910). After him are Cato the Younger (-95), Pierre Cardin (1922), Pope Telesphorus (100), Pope Simplicius (420), Pope Benedict IV (860), and Pope John XVII (950).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Nino Rota ranks 18. Before him are Guido of Arezzo (991), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Luigi Cherubini (1760), and Luigi Boccherini (1743). After him are Jacopo Peri (1561), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), Muzio Clementi (1752), and Carlo Gesualdo (1566).

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