Remo Giazotto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Remo Giazotto

Italian musicologist

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1910

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1998

Profession: composer, music critic, musicologist, music historian

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Remo Giazotto (4 September 1910, Rome – 26 August 1998, Pisa) was an Italian musicologist, music critic, and composer, mostly known through his systematic catalogue of the works of Tomaso Albinoni.
He wrote biographies of Albinoni and other composers, including Vivaldi, the composer of The Four Seasons. Giazotto served as a music critic (from 1932) and editor (1945–1949) of the Rivista musicale italiana and was appointed co-editor of the Nuova rivista musicale italiana in 1967.
He was a professor of the history of music at the University of Florence (1957–69) and in 1962 was nominated to the Accademia Nazionale di S.
Cecilia. In 1949, Giazotto became the director of the chamber music programs for Italian state broadcaster RAI and in 1966 was appointed director of its international programs organized through the European Broadcasting Union.
He was also the president of RAI's auditioning committee and editor of its series of biographies on composers. Giazotto was the father of physicist Adalberto Giazotto.