Oreste Riva (21 July 1860 – 31 December 1936) was an Italian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. In 1920 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Marcia trionfale" ("Triumphal March").

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*Marino Anesa: ''Dizionario della musica italian per banda - Biografie dei compositori e catalogo delle opere dal 1800 al 1945'', 1993, 514 pp. *Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: ''The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music'', Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991 *Carlo Schmidl: ''Dizionario universale dei musicisti: Supplemento'', Milan: Sonzogno, 1938, 806 pp. *Franz Stieger: ''Opernlexikon - Teil II: Komponisten. 1, Band A-F'', Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1975–1983, 371 pp. *Franz Stieger: ''Opernlexikon - Teil II: Komponisten. 2, Band G-M'', Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1975–1983, 373-772 pp. *Wolfgang Suppan, Armin Suppan: ''Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens'', 4th edn., Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994 1860 births 1936 deaths Italian composers Italian male composers Olympic silver medalists in art competitions Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Art competitors at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{italy-composer-stub