Vittorio Monti was an Italian composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist, and conductor

Conducting

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Monti was born in Naples

Naples

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, where he studied violin and composition

Musical composition

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 at the Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella

Music Conservatories of Naples

The Music Conservatory of Naples is a music institution in Naples, southern Italy. It is currently located in the complex of San Pietro a Majella.-San Pietro a Majella:...

. Around 1900 he got an assignment as the conductor for the Lamoureux Orchestra in Paris

Paris

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, where he wrote several ballet

Ballet

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s and operetta

Operetta

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s, for example, Noël de Pierrot.

His only famous work is his Csárdás

Csárdás (Monti)

Csárdás is perhaps the most famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano...

, written around 1904 and played by almost every gypsy orchestra.

External links

• Csárdás for Violin and Piano on www.kreusch-sheet-music.net
• Csárdás arranged for accordion
• Czárdás arranged for string quartet http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&scoreID=83756
• Csárdás for Violin and Guitar on http://www.forrestguitarensembles.co.uk/other.html
• Vittorio Monti sheet music: contemporary arrangements