Gulietta degli spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits)
Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Ni… Read Full Bio ↴Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota, 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 films, and for the first two films of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, receiving 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. He wrote more than 150 scores for Italian and international productions from the 1930s until his death in 1979—an average of three scores each year over a 46-year period, and in his most productive period from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s he wrote as many as ten scores every year, and sometimes more, with a remarkable thirteen film scores to his credit in 1954. Alongside this great body of film work, he composed ten operas, five ballets and dozens of other orchestral, choral and chamber works, the best known being his string concerto. He also composed the music for many theatre productions by Visconti, Zeffirelli and Eduardo De Filippo as well as maintaining a long teaching career at the Liceo Musicale in Bari, Italy, where he was the director for almost 30 years.
Rota was born Giovanni Rota Rinaldi on 3 December 1911, into a musical family in Milan. Rota was a renowned child prodigy—his first oratorio, L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista, was written at age 11 and performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923; his three-act lyrical comedy after Hans Christian Andersen, Il Principe Porcaro, was composed when he was just 13 and published in 1926. He studied at the Milan conservatory there under Giacomo Orefice and then undertook serious study of composition under Ildebrando Pizzetti and Alfredo Casella at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome, graduating in 1930.
Encouraged by Arturo Toscanini, Rota moved to the United States where he lived from 1930 to 1932. He won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, where he was taught conducting by Fritz Reiner and had Rosario Scalero as an instructor in composition. Returning to Milan, he wrote a thesis on the Renaissance composer Gioseffo Zarlino. Rota earned a degree in literature from the University of Milan, graduating in 1937, and began a teaching career that led to the directorship of the Liceo Musicale in Bari, a title he held from 1950 until 1978.
Rota had one daughter, Nina Rota, from a relationship with pianist Magda Longari. He died, age 67, from a coronary thrombosis in Rome.
During his long career, Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema. He wrote more than 150 scores for Italian and international productions from the 1930s until his death in 1979—an average of three scores each year over a 46-year period, and in his most productive period from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s he wrote as many as ten scores every year, and sometimes more, with a remarkable thirteen film scores to his credit in 1954. Alongside this great body of film work, he composed ten operas, five ballets and dozens of other orchestral, choral and chamber works, the best known being his string concerto. He also composed the music for many theatre productions by Visconti, Zeffirelli and Eduardo De Filippo as well as maintaining a long teaching career at the Liceo Musicale in Bari, Italy, where he was the director for almost 30 years.
Rota was born Giovanni Rota Rinaldi on 3 December 1911, into a musical family in Milan. Rota was a renowned child prodigy—his first oratorio, L'infanzia di San Giovanni Battista, was written at age 11 and performed in Milan and Paris as early as 1923; his three-act lyrical comedy after Hans Christian Andersen, Il Principe Porcaro, was composed when he was just 13 and published in 1926. He studied at the Milan conservatory there under Giacomo Orefice and then undertook serious study of composition under Ildebrando Pizzetti and Alfredo Casella at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome, graduating in 1930.
Encouraged by Arturo Toscanini, Rota moved to the United States where he lived from 1930 to 1932. He won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, where he was taught conducting by Fritz Reiner and had Rosario Scalero as an instructor in composition. Returning to Milan, he wrote a thesis on the Renaissance composer Gioseffo Zarlino. Rota earned a degree in literature from the University of Milan, graduating in 1937, and began a teaching career that led to the directorship of the Liceo Musicale in Bari, a title he held from 1950 until 1978.
Rota had one daughter, Nina Rota, from a relationship with pianist Magda Longari. He died, age 67, from a coronary thrombosis in Rome.
Gulietta degli spiriti
Nino Rota Lyrics
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A Time For Us A time for us, some day there'll be When chains are…
Amarcord Ferrer Nino Miscellaneous Le Sud Paroles et musique: Nino Fe…
Apollonia Brucia la Luna n´cielu e ju Bruciu D´amuri. Focu ca si consu…
Canzone Appassionata N′albero piccerillo aggio piantato, Criscènnolo cu pena e cu…
Godfather Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà Il nostro amore lo viviamo…
I Have But One Heart I have but one heart, this heart I bring you, I…
L'ultimo bidone Talvez si yo no tenga nada pa ' ofrecerte!! y venga…
Love Theme Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà Il nostro amore lo viviamo…
Parla piú piano Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà, Il nostro amore lo viviam…The Godfather I: I have but one heart I have but one heart, this heart I bring you, I…
The Godfather I: Love Theme From "The Godfather" Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà Il nostro amore lo viviamo…
The Godfather Pt. I: I Have but One Heart I have but one heart, this heart I bring you, I…
The Godfather Theme Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà Il nostro amore lo viviamo…
The Godfather: Speak Softly Love Speak softly, love and hold me warm against your heart I…
The Godfather: The Godfather Waltz Parla più piano e nessuno sentirà Il nostro amore lo viviamo…
What Is A Youth What is a youth? Impetuous fire. What is a maid? Ice and …
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@alezander666
HANDS DOWN,my favorite fellini movie.i was young during that time,it remains crystal,and beautiful as a signpost of the sixties,,it was a dreamtime,that window of some years 65-1970,we were immersed in such flights of fantasy.the intense dreamy music,the beautiful julietta,and her gorgeous mother,the axe chops to the evils of the catholic church,and the redemption of julietta,NO SHE DID NOT GIVE UP,SHE BECAME ONE WITH THE SPIRITS,AND THAT WAS GOOD
@samthiel9824
This has always been one of my favorite films. Absolute genius, and the music is perfect. Giulietta Masina!!!
@TubeedooYou
I have this on DVD and I just have to see it at least once a month! The movie is purely magical - thanks to Fellini.
@Taz882
This movie and the music from it will always be an important part of my youth. Thanks Fellini and Rota!
@aesthetic1950
Rota's music is so distinct. Organ, piano, clarinet, guitar--strolling and then strutting. I swear, I heard the leitmotiv of this movie from my dripping faucet. The music does indeed conjure "up the whole Italian experience of the 1950s and early 1960s." Rota and Fellini, love their radiance. Tragedy and then catharsis. Makes me smile.
@JPandCo
I love the movie.. one of my favz!! i'm 16 and since i was 13 i really wanted 2 get it!! the music is a m a z i n g... the theme is beautiful! i remembered ken griffin's themes <3
@bronxboy47
Nino Rota's music perfectly reflects Fellini's sardonic temperament. I don't think the depth of Fellini's essence could be accurately conveyed on film without Nino Rota's assistance.
@arthurpanaro6586
Bronxboy47 You hit the nail on the head.
@madahad9
I love the music Nino Rota did with Fellini. It stands on it's own and sends me into a wonderfully strange dream state. The first time I saw Juliet of the Spirits the music just jumped out at me. I am glad now to have it on my Ipod to listen to whenever I want to get weird.
@ssballs
I needed a Nino Rota fix and you gave it!Haven't heard the LP's in so long.....Great video!