Annunzio Mantovani
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Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (born November 15, 1905 in Venice , Italy , † March 29, 1980 in Royal Tunbridge Wells , Kent , Great Britain ), better known simply as Mantovani , was an Italian orchestra conductor who worked in England and had his own orchestra and one own style (so-called " Cascading Strings ") had great success.
Life
He was born into a musical family. His father was first violinist at La Scala in Milan with Arturo Toscanini and later for many years concertmaster at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London , where the family had moved in 1912. "Monty", as he was called by his friends, received violin lessons from his father and studied music and counterpoint at Trinity College of Music for two years . Even after graduation, the family played a major role in the early success of his “Tipica Orchestra”. He even recorded pieces of music with his father as a musician in the orchestra and his sister as a vocal soloist.
The theater organist, arranger and composer Ronald Binge also played in one of his early orchestras : his short piece " Sailing By " became a well-known composition, and his Elisabeth Serenade also contributed to the great success of Mantovani's orchestra. Binge helped Mantovani to develop his own style of music, which is called "Cascading Strings" in English and is based on an arranged reverb effect using overlapping strings. This Mantovani sound had been developed for an American commission to produce slow waltzes, and this sound became his trademark. Probably the greatest success in this style was the instrumental title Charmaine, composed by Ernö Rapée and Lew Pollack in 1951 . The interpretation of Greensleeves , a traditionally arranged by binge, was also a great success, and Mantovani was so enthusiastic about the title that he even named his residence after it. Around The World in 1957 , the film theme from The Sundowners in 1960 and the theme from Exodus in 1961 were long on the Billboard charts . Countless record releases and concerts made Mantovani a wealthy man.
In addition to the concert halls, Mantovani also worked for the theater and produced arrangements for Noël Coward , among others . He also worked in feature films, for example in the German music film Guitars of Love (1954) alongside Vico Torriani and Harald Juhnke and in Ein Herz voll Musik (1955), also with Vico Torriani and Boy Gobert .
Mantovani's Piccolo Bolero ( based on Maurice Ravel's style) was used by Loriot to accompany the three-minute sketch The picture hangs crookedly .
Mantovani was married to Winifred Kathleen Moss and had two children.
Awards for music sales
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Canada (MC) | gold1 | - | 50,000 | musiccanada.com |
United States (RIAA) | 7 × gold7th | - | 3,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | - | platinum1 | 300,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 8 × gold8th | platinum1 |
Web links
- Literature by and about Annunzio Mantovani in the catalog of the German National Library
- Annunzio Mantovani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website authorized by the family
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SURNAME | Mantovani, Annunzio |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mantovani, Annunzio Paolo (full name); Mantovani |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian orchestra conductor |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1905 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1980 |
Place of death | Royal Tunbridge Wells |