About Virgilio Ranzato
Lived 1882 – 1937 (aged 54). Virgilio Ranzato was an Italian composer and violinist.
Virgilio Ranzato (May 7, 1882 in Venice – April 20, 1937 in Como) was an Italian composer and violinist.
Biography Ranzato began his career firstly as violin player on the Conservatory in Venice and Milan. Later he studied musical composition as well. Than he worked mostly as chamber music player or conductor. From around 1910 he worked mostly as a composer, and besides others he wrote an opera Campane di guerra (1933, Milan), and several operettas. Ranzato served as concertmaster for the LaScala Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. He made several recordings on the Pathe label.
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Italian composer
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Virgilio Ranzato was born on 7 May 1882 in Venice.
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Virgilio Ranzato died on 20 April 1937 in Como.
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Virgilio Ranzato was a composer and violinist.
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