Respighi

American  

[re-spee-gee] / rɛˈspi gi /

noun

1. Ottorino 1879–1936, Italian composer.

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Respighi British  

/ resˈpiːɡi /

noun

1. Ottorino (ottoˈriːno). 1879–1936, Italian composer, noted esp for his suites The Fountains of Rome (1917) and The Pines of Rome (1924)

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Example Sentences

A composer of sunny bombast, Respighi provided the stirring finale for the ensemble’s first subscription program of the season in October with “Pines of Rome,” the second piece in his Roman trilogy.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

Where Respighi channeled the softness of Impressionism, Casella conjures a less-forgiving Futurist palette: harder edges, steeper inclines, glass and steel.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

The Music Guild Fiato String Quartet is joined by mezzo-soprano Jessie Shulman and pianist Micah Yui for a program that includes works by Beethoven, Respighi and Shostakovich.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2019

It was a quietly shattering yet deeply satisfying evening, a study in aging, nostalgia and death pursued through ripe Respighi songs, autumnal Nadia Boulanger, changeable early Britten, wryly pained Poulenc.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2018

The distinction of "cloud-prominences" from "flame-prominences" was announced by Lockyer, April 27; by Zöllner, June 2; and by Respighi, December 4, 1870.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)