Vieri Tosatti (born

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, 1920 - died there, 1999) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his operas, among them ''Il sistema della dolcezza'' (1948), after Edgar Allan Poe's "

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" is a dark comedy short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. First published in ''Graham's Magazine'' in November 1845, the story centers on a naïve and unnamed narrator's visit to a menta ...

", and ''Partita a pugni'' (1953), about a boxing match. His output also includes

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, as well as some

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and

choral A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

works. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under

Ildebrando Pizzetti Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer of classical music, Musicology, musicologist, and Music criticism, music critic. Biography Pizzetti was born in Parma in 1880. He was part of the "Generation ...

References

Obituary
in the ''Corriere della sera'' (in Italian)
Biography and Catalog
(in Italian)
Biography
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