Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) Born July 9, 1879 in Bologna. Died April 18, 1936 in Rome. Trittico Botticelliano Composed in 1927. First Performance: September 27, 1927, at the Konzerthous of Vienna with the composer conducting. Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Triangle, Campanelli, Celeste, Harp, Piano, Strings. Respighi studied with Luigi Torchi at the Liceo Musicale in Bologna who was the compiler of “L’arte musicale in Italia nei secoli XIV-XVII”.

In 1900-01 and again in 1902-03 he visited St. Petersburg, Russia as a violinist in the opera orchestra.

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While there he studied with Rimsky-Korsakov which had a profound influence on his orchestral scoring. He traveled widely as a violinist and violist between 1903 and 1908. He settled in Rome in 1913 after being appointed professor of composition at the Liceo (later Conservatorio) di Santa Cecilia. His best known works are his Roman pieces beginning with Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma) (1914-16), Pines of Rome (Pini di Roma) (1923-4), and finally the Roman Festivals (Feste Romane) (1928).

Respighi began work on the Trittico Botticelliano in March 1927 upon returning from his first tour of the United States. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge organized the concert for the premiere later that year. The Botticelli Triptych was inspired by three paintings by Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Cracking The Periodic Table Code Answers. All three paintings are now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. His interest in Gregorian chant, modality and other archaisms are on appropriately on display here. La Primavera (Spring) was painted around 1482 and is tempera on wood panel which measures 6’8”” x 10’4”.

This first movement begins with a sparkling repeated figure in played by the strings while the horns then the trumpets play a leaping motif. The bassoons introduce the first theme. Bassoons The music settles down while the oboes play a simple a simple theme resembling a chant against a syncopated bassoon accompaniment. This theme evolves into another simple but more animated theme. The violins once begin to play the shimmering trills from the opening while these themes are fragmented until the trumpets return the initial bassoon melody followed by the second and third themes.