About Vieri Tosatti
Lived 1920 – 1999 (aged 78). Vieri Tosatti was an Italian composer.
Vieri Tosatti (born in Rome, 1920 - died there, 1999) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his operas, among them Il sistema della dolcezza, 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.
Tosatti's also known because of his work for avant-garde composer Giacinto Scelsi as a score transcriptionist and orchestra conductor.
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Who was Vieri Tosatti?
Italian composer
When was Vieri Tosatti born?
Vieri Tosatti was born on 2 November 1920 in Rome.
When did Vieri Tosatti die?
Vieri Tosatti died on 22 March 1999 in Rome.
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Vieri Tosatti was a composer.
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Vieri Tosatti was Italian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Vieri Tosatti. https://biography.guide/vieri-tosatti/
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