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'''Fiorenzo Carpi''' (19 October 1918 - 21 May 1997) was an Italian composer and pianist, probably best known for the "[[Pinocchio (song)|Pinocchio]]" theme.
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'''Fiorenzo Carpi''' (19 October 1918 – 21 May 1997) was an Italian composer and pianist, probably best known for the "[[Pinocchio (song)|Pinocchio]]" theme.


==Biography==
== Life and career ==
{{quote|My theater ... is held together by the notes of Fiorenzo Carpi. Very often his music has give me, since the beginning or during the work, the inner "clarification" I needed, the lighting of an "everything" that I did not understand ..|[[Giorgio Strehler]] <ref name=ttf>"''...Il mio teatro è tenuto insieme dalle note di Fiorenzo Carpi. Molto spesso la sua musica ha dato, all'inizio o durante il lavoro, la "chiarificazione" interna di cui avevo bisogno, l'illuminazione di un "tutto" che non riuscivo ad afferrare..''", cited from the book ''Strehler dirige'', Giancarlo Stampalia, Marsilio, 1997</ref>}}
{{quote|My theater ... is held together by the notes of Fiorenzo Carpi. Very often his music has give me, since the beginning or during the work, the inner "clarification" I needed, the lighting of an "everything" that I did not understand ..|[[Giorgio Strehler]] <ref name=ttf>"''...Il mio teatro è tenuto insieme dalle note di Fiorenzo Carpi. Molto spesso la sua musica ha dato, all'inizio o durante il lavoro, la "chiarificazione" interna di cui avevo bisogno, l'illuminazione di un "tutto" che non riuscivo ad afferrare..''", cited from the book ''Strehler dirige'', Giancarlo Stampalia, Marsilio, 1997</ref>}}
Born in Milan as '''Fiorenzo Carpi De Resmini''', in 1945 he graduated at the [[Milan Conservatory]], pupil of [[Arrigo Pedrollo]] and [[Giorgio Federico Ghedini]];<ref name=vff>{{cite book|last=Silvio D'Amico|title=Enciclopedia dello spettacolo , Volume 3|publisher=Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975}}</ref><ref name=fvfff/> then he was a stable member of [[Piccolo Teatro di Milano]] since its founding (1947).<ref name=vff/><ref>{{cite book|last=Angelo Fortunato Formiggini|title=Chi è?|publisher=A.F. Formíggini, 1961}}</ref>
Born in Milan as '''Fiorenzo Carpi De Resmini''', in 1945 he graduated at the [[Milan Conservatory]], pupil of [[Arrigo Pedrollo]] and [[Giorgio Federico Ghedini]];<ref name=vff>{{cite book|last=Silvio D'Amico|title=Enciclopedia dello spettacolo , Volume 3|publisher=Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975}}</ref><ref name=fvfff/> then he was a stable member of [[Piccolo Teatro di Milano]] since its founding (1947).<ref name=vff/><ref>{{cite book|last=Angelo Fortunato Formiggini|title=Chi è?|publisher=A.F. Formíggini, 1961}}</ref> He also collaborated with the Nobel laureate playwright [[Dario Fo]] on all his plays between 1953 and 1967, then sporadically until Carpi's death in 1997.<ref>Mitchell 1999, p. 57</ref><ref>Mitchell 1999, p. 146</ref><ref>Mitchell 1999, pp. 221–222</ref> Fo's 1997 play ''Il diavolo con le zinne'' (''[[The Devil with Boobs]]'') featured an homage to Carpi following his death.<ref>Mitchell 1999, pp. 227–229</ref>


Carpi was a prolific film score composer, well known for his long collaboration with the director [[Luigi Comencini]]. In 1981 he won the [[David di Donatello]] for [[David di Donatello for Best Score|Best Score]] for Comencini's ''[[Voltati Eugenio]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref> He also composed numerous pop songs, television scores, commercial jingles, symphonic and chamber opera works.<ref name=vff/><ref name=fvfff>{{cite book|last=Felice Cappa, Piero Gelli, Marco Mattarozzi|title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|publisher=Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 1998}}</ref>
Carpi was a prolific film score composer, well known for his long collaboration with the director [[Luigi Comencini]]. In 1981 he won the [[David di Donatello]] for [[David di Donatello for Best Score|Best Score]] for Comencini's ''[[Voltati Eugenio]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref> He also composed numerous pop songs, television scores, commercial jingles, symphonic and chamber opera works.<ref name=vff/><ref name=fvfff>{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|publisher=Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 1998}}</ref>


== References ==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Fugitive in Trieste]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Zazie dans le Métro]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Leoni al sole]]'' (1961)
* ''[[A Very Private Affair]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Parigi o cara]]'' (1962)
* ''[[I cuori infranti]]'' (1963)
* ''[[I 4 tassisti]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Misunderstood (1966 film)|Misunderstood]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Death on the Run]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Italian Secret Service]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence]]'' (1969)
* ''[[The Howl]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Million Dollar Eel]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Without Family]]'' (1972)
* ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 miniseries)|The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' (1972)
* ''[[A White Dress for Marialé]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Till Marriage Do Us Part]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Simona (film)|Simona]]'' (1974)
* ''[[La Chair de l'orchidée]]'' (1975)
* ''[[The First Time on the Grass]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Salon Kitty (film)|Salon Kitty]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Traffic Jam (film)|Traffic Jam]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Voltati Eugenio]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Piso pisello]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Wounded Man (film)|The Wounded Man]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Cuori nella tormenta]]'' (1984)
* ''[[La Storia (film)|La Storia]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Italian Night]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Merry Christmas... Happy New Year]]'' (1989)
* ''[[The Amusements of Private Life]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The End Is Known]]'' (1993)
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==Further reading==
* {{citation|first=Tony|last=Mitchell|title=Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated and Expanded)|location=London|publisher=[[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]]|year=1999|isbn=0-413-73320-3|postscript=.}}

==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0005995}}
* {{IMDb name|0005995}}
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fiorenzo+Carpi Fiorenzo Carpi] at [[Discogs]]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fiorenzo+Carpi Fiorenzo Carpi] at [[Discogs]]


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Latest revision as of 12:22, 12 September 2023

Fiorenzo Carpi
Born(1918-10-19)19 October 1918
Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died21 May 1997(1997-05-21) (aged 78)
Rome, Italy
Occupationcomposer

Fiorenzo Carpi (19 October 1918 – 21 May 1997) was an Italian composer and pianist, probably best known for the "Pinocchio" theme.

Biography

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My theater ... is held together by the notes of Fiorenzo Carpi. Very often his music has give me, since the beginning or during the work, the inner "clarification" I needed, the lighting of an "everything" that I did not understand ..

— Giorgio Strehler [1]

Born in Milan as Fiorenzo Carpi De Resmini, in 1945 he graduated at the Milan Conservatory, pupil of Arrigo Pedrollo and Giorgio Federico Ghedini;[2][3] then he was a stable member of Piccolo Teatro di Milano since its founding (1947).[2][4] He also collaborated with the Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo on all his plays between 1953 and 1967, then sporadically until Carpi's death in 1997.[5][6][7] Fo's 1997 play Il diavolo con le zinne (The Devil with Boobs) featured an homage to Carpi following his death.[8]

Carpi was a prolific film score composer, well known for his long collaboration with the director Luigi Comencini. In 1981 he won the David di Donatello for Best Score for Comencini's Voltati Eugenio.[9] He also composed numerous pop songs, television scores, commercial jingles, symphonic and chamber opera works.[2][3]

Selected filmography

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Further reading

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  • Mitchell, Tony (1999), Dario Fo: People's Court Jester (Updated and Expanded), London: Methuen, ISBN 0-413-73320-3.

References

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  1. ^ "...Il mio teatro è tenuto insieme dalle note di Fiorenzo Carpi. Molto spesso la sua musica ha dato, all'inizio o durante il lavoro, la "chiarificazione" interna di cui avevo bisogno, l'illuminazione di un "tutto" che non riuscivo ad afferrare..", cited from the book Strehler dirige, Giancarlo Stampalia, Marsilio, 1997
  2. ^ a b c Silvio D'Amico. Enciclopedia dello spettacolo , Volume 3. Unedi-Unione editoriale, 1975.
  3. ^ a b Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi. Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 1998.
  4. ^ Angelo Fortunato Formiggini. Chi è?. A.F. Formíggini, 1961.
  5. ^ Mitchell 1999, p. 57
  6. ^ Mitchell 1999, p. 146
  7. ^ Mitchell 1999, pp. 221–222
  8. ^ Mitchell 1999, pp. 227–229
  9. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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