Vittorio Rieti
b. 1898 – d. 1994
Vittorio Rieti was a Jewish-Italian composer. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Rieti moved to Milan to study economics. He subsequently studied in Rome under Respighi and Casella, and lived there until 1940.
In 1925, he temporarily moved to Paris and composed music for George Balanchine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Barabau. He met his wife in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a cousin of actor Vittorio Rietti.
He emigrated to the United States in 1940, becoming a naturalized American citizen on the 1st of June 1944. He taught at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore (1948–49), Chicago Musical College (1950–54), Queens College, New York (1958–60), and New York College of Music (1960–64). He died in New York on 19 February 1994.
His music is tonal and neo-classical with a melodic and elegant style.
Archive Editions
- Indiana Ballet Suite (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9085
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra (Full Score)SKU: 1.8131
Harpsichord, Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9071
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9072
Two Solo Pianos and Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto Giannetto (Violin & Piano Reduction)SKU: 1.8109
Solo Violin and Piano or Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9074
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9110
Solo Piano with Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Concerto No. 3 for Piano & Orchestra, Version 1 (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9075
Solo Piano and Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Corale, Variazioni e Finale (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9079
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Symphony No. 9 (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9099
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Pastoral Dream (Additional Ballet-Sylvan Dream) (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9089
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio - Scenes Seen, Ballet Suite (Additional Full Score)SKU: 9090
Full Orchestra
Rieti, Vittorio