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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Respighi

This time—in scores by Respighi, Brahms, Strauss, Elgar and Tchaikovsky—I was far less impressed, though not because of any technical failings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The NSO’s debut at Strathmore was a well-attended event with an enthusiastic audience listening to music by Tchaikovsky, Carlos Simon and Ottorino Respighi by way of Rossini.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Respighi, whose short 1906 piece “Burlesca” opened the evening, is hardly obscure.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022

Respighi arranged his Rossini compilation for “La Boutique Fantasque,” which Leonide Massine choreographed for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, with designs by André Derain.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2018

In the letter to Cardinal Respighi, cardinal-vicar of Rome, written a few weeks later, the pope laments once more that the beautiful musical tradition of the classical Roman school had almost totally disappeared.

From Pope Pius the Tenth by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes

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