Vieri Tosatti
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Vieri Tosatti
Vieri Tosatti (born Rome, 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", and Partita a pugni (1953), about a boxing match. His output also includes chamber music, as well as some symphonic and choral works. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Ildebrando Pizzetti.
References
- Obituary in the Corriere della sera (in Italian)
- Biography and Catalog (in Italian)
- Biography at Treccani.it (in Italian)
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