Ranzato began his career firstly as
violin player on the
Conservatory in
Venezia and
Milan. Later he studied
musical composition as well. Than he worked mostly as
chamber music player or
conductor. From around 1910 he worked mostly as a
composer, and besides others he wrote an
opera Campane di guerra (1933, Milan), and several
operettas. Ranzato served as concertmaster for the LaScala Orchestra under
Arturo Toscanini. He made several recordings on the Pathe label. ==Works==