Toni Ortelli

Antonio "Toni" Ortelli (November 25, 1904, Schio, Italy – March 3, 2000, 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 wrote the melody and lyrics in 1927 while being on an excursion in the mountains. Luigi Pigarelli has added other vocal parts to harmonize it to a choral piece. It has been translated into 148 languages.

External links

Original lyrics and English translation of "La Montanara" at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 79701891 LCCN: n2012020925 ISNI: 0000 0000 5940 2128 GND: 134627202

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