page_title: Virgilio Ranzato
hierarchical_section_title: Virgilio Ranzato
caption_attribution_description: Genova - porto antico Compagnia Alfa Folies - Il paese dei campanelli - Nella foto: Claudio Bertoni e Rosalba Cuni
context_page_description: Virgilio Ranzato was an Italian composer and violinist.
  Virgilio Ranzato began his career firstly as violin player on the Conservatory in Venezia and Milan. Later he studied musical composition as well. Than he worked mostly as chamber music player or conductor. From around 1910 he worked mostly as a composer, and besides others he wrote an opera Campane di guerra, and several operettas. Ranzato served as concertmaster for the LaScala Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. He made several recordings on the Pathe label.
context_section_description: Virgilio Ranzato (May 7, 1882 in Venice – April 20, 1937 in Como) was an Italian composer and violinist.
  Virgilio Ranzato began his career firstly as violin player on the Conservatory in Venezia and Milan. Later he studied musical composition as well. Than he worked mostly as chamber music player or conductor. From around 1910 he worked mostly as a composer, and besides others he wrote an opera Campane di guerra (1933, Milan), and several operettas. Ranzato served as concertmaster for the LaScala Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. He made several recordings on the Pathe label.
caption: A performance of Il paese dei campanelli
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