Virgilio Ranzato
Born: 7th May 1883, Venice, Italy
Died: 20th April 1937, Como, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Virgilio Ranzato was an Italian composer and violinist.
Virgilio Ranzato began his career firstly as violin player on the Conservatory in Venezia and Milan. Later he studied musical composition as well. Than he worked mostly as chamber music player or conductor. From around 1910 he worked mostly as a composer, and besides others he wrote an opera Campane di guerra (1933, Milan), and several operettas. Ranzato served as concertmaster for the LaScala Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini.
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