Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (v2)

ROSSELLINI (Rossellini) Renzo (b. 2 II 1908, Rome) - Italian composer and music. critic. He studied with G. Sallustio and J. Setaccioli (composition) at the Conservatory "Santa Cecilia", B. Molinari (orchestration) at the Academy "Santa Cecilia" in Rome. He was the director of muses. Lyceum in Varese (1934-35), deputy. Director and professor of composition (1940-42) at the Conservatory. Rossini in Pesaro, at the same time. collaborated in muses. magazines. In his work, ch. arr. to muses. to the theater. In R.'s operas, the traditions of verismo are combined with the new trends of the 20th century. (tangible influence of P. Mascagni, J. Puccini, O. Respighi, F. Alfano and others.). R. is the author of the libretto of all his operas, in which he addresses socially significant topics of our time (War, The Pauper, Whirlwind). Humanistic. the interpretation of these topics sometimes takes on religion. coloring. In music for dramas.theater and cinema, he is close to neorealistic. direction in sovr. ital. art; collaborated in cinema with his brother - film director Roberto R. (wrote the music for the film "Rome - an open city" and others.). Op.R. differ lyricism, simplicity and expressiveness of muses. language, in some of them the composer turns to the use of folklore elements.