Manuel De Sica

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Manuel De Sica (born February 24, 1949 in Rome , † December 5, 2014 there ) was an Italian composer .

Life

Manuel De Sica with singer Nancy Cuomo (1974)

De Sica, son of actor and film director Vittorio De Sica and actress María Mercader and brother of Christian De Sica , received music lessons at an early age and studied with Bruno Maderna , among others .

After a time with the group The Ancients , which released two LPs and made several television appearances, he switched to composition.

The spectrum of his work ranged from popular song compositions (among others for Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett ) to soundtracks to numerous classical chamber music , which was recorded by Salvatore Accardo and Enrico Dindo , for example . De Sica also worked for television.

De Sica wrote his first of nearly 90 film compositions in 1968 for a film by his father; he also wrote the music for his Oscar-winning film The Garden of the Finzi Contini . Manuel De Sica himself received an award in 1992 for Al lupo al lupo by Carlo Verdone ( Nastro d'Argento ) and in 1996 for Celluloide by Carlo Lizzani ( David di Donatello ). He worked with his brother and the directors Enrico Oldoini and Carlo Vanzina over and over again for many years.

In 1974 De Sica turned briefly to directing. In addition to the short film Intorno , L'eroe was made for television , in which his father and brother played roles.

De Sica, who received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2004, died in Rome at the age of 65 after a heart attack.

Discography (selection)

  • 1971: Voice per clarinetto (Edizioni Ricordi)
  • 1971: Appunti per pianoforte per pianoforte (Edizioni Ricordi)
  • 1972: Tre momenti per l'arpa - Sonata per arpa (Edizioni Ricordi)
  • 1972: Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini colonna sonora originale dal film omonimo (BMG Ariola)
  • 1972: Camorra colonna sonora originale dal film omonimo (BMG Ariola)
  • 1974: Il viaggio colonna sonora originale dal film omonimo (CAM)
  • 1976: Jones & Lewis meet De Sica ( Thad Jones , Mel Lewis e Manuel De Sica) (Produttori Associati)
  • 1990: Canti sotto le festivities per coro di voci bianche (Edizioni Pentaflowers)
  • 1991: Lo chiameremo Andrea colonna sonora originale dal film omonimo (CAM)
  • 1994: Dellamorte Dellamore colonna sonora originale dal film omonimo (GDM)
  • 1998: Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini - Suite per Orchestra (Ediz.BMG Ricordi)
  • 1999: Adagio per violoncello e pianoforte (Ediz.BMG Ricordi)
  • 1999: Adagio per viola o clarinetto e pianoforte Edizioni Sugar Music

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Manuel De Sica  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. De Sicas website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.manueldesica.com
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 150
  3. ↑ http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/comunicato.asp?id=24125
  4. ^ Addio al compositore Manuel De Sica. Announcement on internazionale.it dated December 5, 2014 (Italian, accessed December 5, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME De Sica, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 2014
Place of death Rome