Arrigo Boito (24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918) was an Italian writer, librettist, and composer. He sometimes used the pseudonym Tobia Gorrio.
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By Any Other Name
Composer-librettist Arrigo Boito,
When wanting his writings to be incognito,
Scrambled the letters that made up his name
And Tobia Gorrio is what he became.
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