What is Nino Rota?
{{Infobox person | name = Nino Rota | image = Nino Rota Riccardo Bacchelli e Bruno Maderna.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Rota (left) with [[Riccardo Bacchelli]] and [[Bruno Maderna]] in 1963 | birth_name = Giovanni Rota Rinaldi | birth_date = 3 December 1911 | birth_place = [[Milan]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1979|4|10|1911|12|3}} | death_place = [[Rome]], Italy | education = | occupation = {{hlist|Composer|pianist|conductor|academic}} | children = Nina Rota | awards = | website = {{URL|http://www.ninorota.com/}} }} '''Giovanni Rota Rinaldi''' (1911-1979) or just '''Nino Rota''' was an Italian [[composer]], [[pianist]], [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] and [[Academia|academic]]. He is known for film music. He composed the music for [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s [[Godfather trilogy|''Godfather'' trilogy]]. He won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] for [[The Godfather Part II|''The Godfather: Part II'']].<ref>Sciannameo, F. (2010). Nino Rota's The Godfather Trilogy: A Film Score Guide. Ukraine: Scarecrow Press, p. 18. </ref> He wrote over 150 scores for films from 1930s to 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nino Rota|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/235382-Nino-Rota|access-date=2022-07-12|website=Discogs|language=en}}</ref> He also composed operas, ballets, orchestra works, chamber music and choral works.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nino Rota (Composer) - Short Biography|url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Rota-Nino.htm|access-date=2022-07-12|website=www.bach-cantatas.com}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rota, Nino}} [[Category:1911 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century Italian composers]] [[Category:Italian pianists]] [[Category:Italian conductors]] [[Category:Italian academics]] {{bio-stub}}