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Piero Piccioni
Italian lawyer and film composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piero Piccioni (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːro pitˈtʃoːni]; December 6, 1921 – July 23, 2004) was an Italian film score composer and lawyer.
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Born | December 6, 1921 Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
Died | July 23, 2004 (aged 82) Rome, Italy |
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A pianist, organist, conductor, composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 300 film soundtracks. He played for the first time on radio in 1938 with his “013” Big Band, to return on air only after the liberation of Italy in 1944. “013” was the first Italian jazz band to be broadcast in Italy after the fall of Fascism.