Ruggero Leoncavallo — Italian Composer born on March 08, 1857, died on August 09, 1919

RuggeroLeoncavallo was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he would produce numerous operas and other songs throughout his career it is his two-act work Pagliacci that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success... (wikipedia)

When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my composition are carried in my head 'till I can write them down, even to the last note. Then I do not alter a jot.
This new art made a deep impression on me, and I began to study it ardently.