Alessandro Cicognini

Alessandro Cicognini (15 January 1906 – 9 November 1995) was an Italian composer who is chiefly remembered for his film scores. Biography Born in Pescara, Cicognini graduated with a degree in music composition from the Milan Conservatory in 1927 where he was a pupil of Giulio Cesare Paribeni and Renzo Bossi. In 1933 his opera, Donna Lombarda, inspired by a popular folk ballad, premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin. Film scores * The Two Sergeants (1936, uncredited) * The Black Corsair (1937) * I due misantropi (1937, uncredited) * Ettore Fieramosca (1938) * Naples of Olden Times (1938) * Departure (1938) * The Two Mothers (1938) * An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939) * Backstage (1939) * The Document (1939) * Cavalleria rusticana (1939) * A Wife in Danger (1939) * Department Store (1939) * Castles in the Air (1939) * Naples Will Never Die (1939) * Senza cielo (1940) * Don Pasquale (1940) * A Romantic Adventure (1940) * The Sinner (1940) * Beyond Love (1940) * Eternal Melodies (1940) * The Birth of Salome (1940) * One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940) * First Love (1941) * The Iron Crown (1941) * Ridi pagliaccio! (1941) * Giuliano de’ Medici (1941) * Four Steps in the Clouds (1942) *