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Nino Rota

1911 - 1979

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Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈrɔːta riˈnaldi]; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota (IPA: [ˈniːno]), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare screen adaptations, and for the first two installments of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather Part II (1974). During his long career, Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nino Rota has received more than 1,149,226 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Nino Rota is the 85th most popular composer (down from 80th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from Italy (down from 321st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Composer.

Nino Rota is most famous for his work with Federico Fellini, composing the music for the films 8 1/2, Amarcord, and La Dolce Vita.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nino Rota ranks 85 out of 1,451. Before him are Hans Zimmer, Johann Pachelbel, Mikis Theodorakis, Alban Berg, Carl Czerny, and Josquin des Prez. After him are George Gershwin, François Couperin, Luigi Cherubini, Luigi Boccherini, Pietro Mascagni, and Olivier Messiaen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Nino Rota ranks 13. Before him are Władysław Szpilman, Emil Cioran, Juan Manuel Fangio, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Todor Zhivkov, and William Golding. After him are Czesław Miłosz, Mikhail Botvinnik, Marshall McLuhan, Jack Ruby, Melvin Calvin, and Lê Đức Thọ. Among people deceased in 1979, Nino Rota ranks 7. Before him are Josef Mengele, Park Chung-hee, John Wayne, Giuseppe Meazza, Talcott Parsons, and Herbert Marcuse. After him are Jean Renoir, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, Mika Waltari, and Dennis Gabor.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nino Rota ranks 387 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Leo IV (790), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Nero Claudius Drusus (-38), Cato the Younger (-95), Cesare Maldini (1932), and Tiberius Gracchus (-163). After him are Camillo Golgi (1843), Pope John I (470), Pope Stephen I (200), Gianni Versace (1946), Pope Liberius (310), and Pope Marinus II (932).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Nino Rota ranks 16. Before him are Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Antonio Salieri (1750), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710). After him are Luigi Cherubini (1760), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), Jacopo Peri (1561), and Carlo Gesualdo (1566).

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