Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo
Ruggero Leoncavallowas an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he would produce numerous operas and other songs throughout his career it is his two-act work Pagliaccithat remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth8 March 1857
CountryItaly
alter carried parts rewriting
When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my composition are carried in my head 'till I can write them down, even to the last note. Then I do not alter a jot.
art began deep impression study
This new art made a deep impression on me, and I began to study it ardently.