Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi...violinist and musicologist, celebrating the Eternal City

A trained musicologist, Respighi loved Renaissance and Baroque music and adapted the compositions for modern orchestration. His Roman Trilogy, which includes Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Festivals of Rome, is a celebration of the beauty and grandeur of the Eternal City. He taught composition at one of the oldest music institutions in the world and toured throughout Europe.

• Learn about symphonic poem
• Learn about the grandeur and beauty of Rome, both ancient and modern
• Experience Respighi's talent in evoking atmospheric beauty

This guide is designed to be used over one term (12 weeks) with one lesson occurring every week for approximately 20 minutes. I do encourage you to informally listen to various pieces aside from formal lesson times.

Supplies needed:

• computer or listening device (all compositions are linked both in pdf hyperlink and in QR code format)
• Holy Bible
• This is Rome by Miroslav Sasek
• The Magic Toyshop, dimensional storybook by Peter Seymour (optional)

Recommended contemporary and complimentary studies:

History – The Symphony of History Vol. 1 Overture (Ancient)

Geography – Ancient and Middle East

Composer – Joseph Haydn and Gustav Holst

Poetry – Rivers of Antiquity and William Wordsworth and Echoes of Antiquity

Picture – James Tissot and Lawrence Alma-Tadema and John James Audubon

*the guide includes QR Codes for easy links, if you choose to print the document.

For printing, we recommend our print partner Humble Heart Press.

** due to the nature of digital products, we are unable to accept returns.