Mauro Bortolotti

Mauro Bortolotti (1926-2007) was an Italian composer, born in Narni, who studied with Goffredo Petrassi and was one of the founders of Nuova Consonanza, the Rome association for contemporary music. His output includes chamber and vocal works, many of them settings of poetry, and electronic music. Bortolotti's works include Contre 2 (1965-67) for soprano and instruments, 4 poesie di Paul Éluard for soprano, clarinet and cello, and Nell'impoetico mondo (1989) for soprano and six instruments on a text by Edoardo Sanguineti.