Suite in G major (Organ and Strings) by Otttorino Respighi
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Includes 3 files:MP4 file with visual and aural click track; MP4 file with visual click track only; PDF score for practice
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) was a leading 2oth century Italian composer as well as a violinist and musicologist. His compositions include operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music and concertos. He is best known for three orchestral tone poems:
Fountains of Rome (1916),
Pines of Rome (1924), and
Roman Festivals (1928).
Respighi was born in Bologna to a musical and artistic family. He studied briefly with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and relocated to Rome in 1913 to become professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale di Santa Cecilia. He eventually quit his professorship to dedicate time to tour and compose, but continued to teach until 1935. He performed and conducted in various capacities across the United States and South America from 1925 until his death at the early age of 56.
The Suite in G Major for strings and organ is one of Respighi's early works, composed in 1905. It has been classified as a neo-baroque piece and an homage to J.S. Bach, Girolamo Frescobaldi and Arcangelo Corelli. It is modeled after the baroque concerto grosso, where the organ serves as the concertino (solo) instrument and the strings are the ripieno (ensemble).