Alessandro Alessandroni

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Alessandro Alessandroni (born March 16, 1925 in Rome ; † March 26, 2017 there ) was an Italian musician and composer . He played various musical instruments, including guitar , mandolin , sitar , accordion , piano and composed the film music for over 40 films.

Life

Alessandroni grew up in Soriano nel Cimino north of Rome. His parents owned a hairdresser's shop that also played music. “We had musical instruments there: guitar, mandolin and mandola .” He learned to play the guitar and bought a mandolin when he was 13. As a young musician he occupied himself with the folk music of his home region of Lazio . Towards the end of his school days he played dance music on the weekends. He went on a trip through Europe, played the piano and sang in various clubs. Back in Italy, Alessandroni founded the vocal quartet Le 4 caravelle and appeared on the popular TV show Canzonissima . As a piper and guitarist, Alessandroni worked with his childhood friend, Ennio Morricone , on many film scores for spaghetti westerns .

Morricone's orchestration is often an unusual combination of instruments and voices. Alessandroni can be heard as a piper in, among others, the score for Sergio Leone's films For a Fistful of Dollars , For a Few Dollars More and Play Me the Song of Death . His vocal quartet expanded to a 16-member group and was called I Cantori Moderni . As a freelance composer, he was also responsible for film music. Alessandroni gave concerts all over Europe until he was old. Alessandroni and his choir can be heard on the album Rome by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi , released in 2011.

Filmography (selection)

Accompanist

Film composer

Discography (selection)

  • 1973: Simbad e il Califfo di Bagdad (EP; Nazionalmusic)
  • 1974: Le Tour du Monde des Amoureux de Peynet (with Ennio Morricone ; Seven Seas)
  • 1974: Spontaneous ( Edizioni RCA )
  • 2015: Alessandro Alessandroni (Cometa Edizioni Musicali)
  • 2017: Lost & Found. Unreleased Soundtracks and Library Treasures from an Italian Maestro (1972–1978) (Four Flies Records)
  • 2019: Afro Discoteca (Four Flies Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film music composer Alessandro Alessandroni died In: derstandard.at of March 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ fb / AlessandroAlessandroniOfficial , According to the official Facebook page of March 27, 2017, Alessandroni died on March 26 ( "ieri ").
  3. ↑ Alessandro Alessandroni ( Memento from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) interviewed by Tim Fife for Cinema Suicide (English)
  4. ↑ Biography on alessandroni.com (English / Italian).
  5. ↑ Alessandro Alessandroni: In the Western something new from August 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Alessandro Alessandroni and his album "Industrial" In: Der Standard . May 8, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Alessandroni, Alessandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Lazio , Italy
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2017
Place of death Rome , Lazio , Italy