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Carabella, Ezio
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1891-1964
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Italian operetta, song and film music composer Ezio Carabella, was born in Rome to Adolfo and Flavia Moriggi, according to one source (Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani), but to unknown parents according to most other sources. He received diplomas in both piano and organ, and studied composition and orchestra conducting as well at the Conservatorio di musica Santa Cecilia and Conservatorio di Milano; he graduated from the musical school in Pesaro in 1916. In August 1922, his three-act operetta “Don Gil dale Calze Verdi premiered in Rome and in October in Venice. He was one of the pioneers in Italy of musical composition for sound films. He and Felice Lattuada collaborated in 1931 for the music for Gennaro Righelli’s “Patatrac.” This was the beginning of a long career in music for films during which he created more than 85 soundtracks. His only child, the actress Flora Carabella, married Marcello Mastroianni.
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no 91023626