Stelvio Cipriani was a prolific Italian composer who wrote scores for around 240
feature films, documentaries, television shows and shorts over a career that
lasted from the 1960s to his death, aged 81, on 1st October 2018. His most
famous music was the romantic score for Enrico Maria Salerno's 1970 drama 'The
Anonymous Venetian' starring Tony Musante as a dying Venetian oboe player.
Born in Rome in 1937, he played the organ as a young man and studied at the
Santa Cecilia Conservatory. He worked on cruise ships and spent some time
learning from jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. His f...