Editing Ennio Morricone (section)

==Early life and education==
Morricone was born in Rome, the son of Libera Ridolfi and Mario Morricone, a musician. At the time of his birth [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Italy]] was under [[Fascism|fascist]] rule.<ref name="Leinberger">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2lqIuCFJ_MC&pg=PA1 |title=Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide |author=Charles Leinberger |year=2004 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |pages=1–3 |isbn=978-1-4616-5841-2 |access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> Morricone had four siblings – Adriana, Aldo,{{efn|1=Aldo died age three after his nanny mistakenly fed him cherries, to which he was severely [[Food allergy|allergic]].<ref name="filmreference.com" />}} Maria, and Franca – and lived in [[Trastevere]] in the centre of Rome. His father was a professional trumpeter who performed in light-music orchestras while his mother set up a small textile business.<ref name="filmreference.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/23/Ennio-Morricone.html |title=Ennio Morricone Biography (1928–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=13 September 2011}}</ref> During his early schooldays, Morricone was also a classmate of his later collaborator [[Sergio Leone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone pose together in the primary school year book|date=2 March 2016|url=https://weirditaly.com/2016/03/02/ennio-morricone-sergio-leone-pose-together-primary-school-year-book/|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>

Morricone's father first taught him to read music and to play several instruments. He entered the [[Conservatorio Santa Cecilia|Saint Cecilia Conservatory]] to take trumpet lessons under the guidance of Umberto Semproni.<ref name="Leinberger" /> He formally entered the conservatory in 1940 at age 12, enrolling in a four-year harmony program that he completed within six months. He studied the trumpet, composition, and [[choral music]] under the direction of [[Goffredo Petrassi]], to whom Morricone would later dedicate concert pieces.
[[File:Goffredo.petrassi2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Goffredo Petrassi]], Morricone's teacher]]
In 1941 Morricone was chosen among the students of the Saint Cecilia Conservatory to be a part of the Orchestra of the Opera, directed by [[Carlo Zecchi]] on the occasion of a tour of the [[Veneto]] region.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.ws/neja_nis/morriconebio.htm |title=Sajt dejana Nejica – Ennio Morricone |website=www.geocities.ws}}</ref> He received his diploma in trumpet in 1946,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/ennio-morricone/press-material/ |title=Ennio Morricone |website=Polar Music Prize |language=en-US |access-date=17 August 2017 |archive-date=17 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817162737/http://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/ennio-morricone/press-material/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> continuing to work in classical composition and arrangement.<ref name="Leinberger" /> Morricone received the ''Diploma in Instrumentation for Band Arrangement'' with a mark of 9/10 in 1952. His studies concluded at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in 1954 when he obtained a final 9.5/10 in his ''Diploma in Composition'' under Petrassi.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Ennio Morricone |url=http://www.fancast.com/people/Ennio-Morricone/313734/biography |publisher=fancast.com|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211103035/http://www.fancast.com/people/Ennio-Morricone/313734/biography |archive-date=11 February 2009}}</ref>