Ottorino Respighi

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An Italian composer who wrote music for orchestra in the early 1900s

proper noun

: Ottorino Respighi

The famous composer Ottorino Respighi created many symphonic poems.

Examples

Many orchestras perform Ottorino Respighi's 'Pines of Rome' every season.
The music of Ottorino Respighi blends Italian tradition with innovative orchestration.
Biographers continue to explore Ottorino Respighi's influence on twentieth-century classical music.
Did you know that Ottorino Respighi wrote 'Pini di Roma'?
The music of Ottorino Respighi blends Italian tradition with innovative orchestration.
Many orchestras perform Ottorino Respighi's 'Pines of Rome' every season.
Biographers continue to explore Ottorino Respighi's influence on twentieth-century classical music.

Surface Forms

Ottorino Respighi main

Morphology

Ottorino + Respighi

This is a personal name (proper noun) whose constituents do not encode the meaning 'Italian composer' — knowing the tokens 'Ottorino' and 'Respighi' does not allow a B1 learner to infer his profession or notability. Proper names are referential and largely arbitrary across languages, so the referential meaning here is not derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer who wrote orchestral music that paints clear pictures of places and scenes, for example the piece 'Pines of Rome' makes you imagine tall trees and the city. That's why his name is linked to rich, picture-like orchestral music.