Talk:Ottorino Respighi

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It's amazing that until today, 25 November 2003, Wikipedia had no page on Respighi, given that it has pages on all major repertoire composers, or so I thought. When I first noticed this lack, I thought I should seize on the opportunity to start an article on a major repertoire composer. But when I went to the library, I was surprised by a similar lack: plenty of books on Rossini and Puccini, but only one book on Respighi, and it was in Italian. Finally, I decided to write this article with the only two resources available in English to me: the article in the Grove, and the liner notes of a CD of the Ancient Airs and Dances. With just these two resources, I wrote the first draft of this article. Now I wish I had logged on when I entered the article, so I could brag that I started an article on a major repertoire composer. Alas, the honor goes to an IP address!

Nope, create a user name and then make a request for the edits of the IP under which you created the article to be attributed to your username. I'll find the link to where to make such a request in a sec. --snoyes 20:16, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Here: Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit --snoyes 20:24, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the advice, but I've thought about it, and decided that perhaps I brag too much, so I'm gonna let the IP address attribution stand. The important thing is that now there is a page on Respighi and that other Wikipedians who may know about Respighi add their knowledge to this page. -- Anonymous, 1 Dec 2003

I heard that Respighi's music fell somewhat into disfavour because it was popular with fascist regime in wartime Italy, does anyone have any info on this? Vintermann 16:00, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

It became less popular, certainly, but not for these reasons. I've added information from the RCA Toscanini disc, which cites a case of Respighi sheltering anti-Fascist Toscanini from the brownshirts. In addition, Christopher Nupen in his 1983 film on Respighi uses 'Feste Romane' as an example of Respighi's Shostakovich-like response to the demands to make his music work for the regime.--Stevouk 15:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elsa Respighi

I've added Elsa Respighi as a redirect to here, as it seems right to have both Respighis listed together. Elsa Respighi's own life and career was so completely bound up with that of her husband that two separate listings seems unnecessary. --Stevouk 20:07, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Classification of the Roman Trilogy

This article calls them symphonic poems. I would have called them orchestral suites, seeing as they are multi-movement works arranged around a common theme and it's a form he would have known well from his baroque study... I am surprised to see that the liner notes of the one Respighi CD in my collection also call them "3 symphonic poems." Anyone else care to chime in with an opinion? Are there any other examples that are so called? Ma Vlast, for instance, consists of 6 symphonic poems but I can't imagine calling the whole cycle "a symphonic poem." 216.67.33.87 05:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Antoine Boësset's famous song "Divine Amaryllis"

Erm... OK, it is on the Paul O'Dette CD "Ancient Airs and Dances: 16th Century Songs & Dances for Lute", but it nowhere appears in Respighi's suites. I've removed it from the main article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.200.166.33 (talk) 12:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)