Giorgio Nataletti (June 12, 1907 -July 16, 1972) was an Italian ethnomusicologist, composer, pioneer in Italian radio and film, recording studio executive, and radio broadcaster and executive. He began his career serving as the music director for Italy's first radio station in 1922-1923, and later was a radio broadcaster for the RAI program "Cronache Italiane del Turismo" from 1936-1943. He also served as that program's music director from 1948 until 1955 when he was appointed artistic director of the Italian branch of RCA Records. He composed scores to some of the first sound films made in Italy in 1930-1931. He was the first director of the Ethnomusicological Archives at the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome where he was a professor from 1940 through 1972. He was in charge of a vast project from 1948–72 to record traditional Italian music. It was done under the auspices of RAI, the Italian Radio and Television agency. The results are preserved in the RAI archives as well as those of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia.[1]
