Toni Ortelli

Antonio "Toni" Ortelli (November 25, 1904 in Schio, Italy – March 3, 2000 in Schio) was an Italian alpinist, conductor and composer from the Veneto.

Ortelli is well known in the southern Alps regions of Italy, Austria and Switzerland for being the composer of the famous Trentino folk song "La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains). Ortelli, according to his own account, conceived the melody and lyrics in 1927 while being on an excursion in the mountains of the Pian della Mussa in the Val d'Ala (Piedmont) and listening to the song of a shepherd. Luigi Pigarelli, under the pseudonym Pierluigi Galli, has added other vocal parts to harmonize it as a choral piece for men's choir. It has been translated into 148 languages.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 25, 1904 (Schio), Died March 2, 2000 (Schio)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone 0EA14563 10-in. 3/29/1950 La montanara Tito Gobbi Male vocal solo, with accordion and guitar composer  
Columbia (U.K.) WB5178 10-in. 3/23/1933 La montanara Coro della Società Alpinisti Trentini Vocal chorus composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ortelli, Toni," accessed November 15, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352367.

Ortelli, Toni. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 15, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352367.

"Ortelli, Toni." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/352367

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