Editing Rimini (section)

=== Music ===
The earliest musician from Rimini was Saint Arduino (10th century);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilponte.com/stampa.php?sid=452474|title=''Rimini, una vivacità musicale antica''|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212191505/http://www.ilponte.com/stampa.php?sid=452474|archive-date=12 February 2015}}</ref> a musical tradition of some distinction was witnessed in the following century by the presence of a music school, named "Scuola cantorum", at the Cathedral of Santa Colomba. French composer [[Guillaume Dufay]] stayed in Rimini, at Malatesta's court until 1427. In 1518 [[Pietro Aaron]] became the first choirmaster of the Cathedral's chapel. In 1690 [[Carlo Tessarini]], violinist and composer, was born in Rimini.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comune.rimini.it/servizi/citta/storia_di_rimini/-riminesi_illustri/pagina27.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513230051/http://www.comune.rimini.it/servizi/citta/storia_di_rimini/-riminesi_illustri/pagina27.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2006|title=''Carlo Tessarini (c. 1690-c.1767)''|language=it}}</ref> The city also gave birth to the musician Benedetto Neri, professor at the Academy of Music in [[Milan]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}} On 16 August 1857, Rimini's [[Amintore Galli Theatre|New Municipal Theatre]] hosted the world premiere of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s ''[[Aroldo]].<ref name="Rimini-2024a" /><ref name="riminiturismo-2023" />''

Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many social events and dance parties took place at the Bathing Establishment, hosting celebrities such as soprano [[Elena Bianchini-Cappelli]] and tenor [[Enrico Caruso]].

In recent years, the city inspired the homonymous music album by [[Fabrizio De André]], released in 1978, and it is cited in various popular Italian and foreign songs by [[Fabrizio De André]], [[Francesco Guccini]], [[Nino Rota]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Fred Buscaglione]]. Also born in Rimini were the songwriter [[Samuele Bersani]] and the composer and music producer [[Carlo Alberto Rossi]], author of some of [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]]'s songs.