Pasquale Frustaci
Pasquale Frustaci (born October 18, 1901 in Naples ; died July 29, 1971 in San Sebastiano al Vesuvio ) was an Italian composer of songs, revue and film music .
Life
Pasquale Frustaci began composing as a teenager. During his military service in World War I, he played the clarinet in a naval band . He attended the Conservatory in Parma, among others with the composer Ildebrando Pizzetti, and graduated in 1921. From 1923 he was a conductor in Naples and composed a. a. the song Varca napulitana for the singer Ciro Formisano in the Neapolitan dialect .
In 1930 he headed the music publishing house Azurra di Napoli and in 1931 went to Milan , where the Neapolitan composer Cesare Andrea Bixio had opened a music publishing house. There he also worked as a conductor. He wrote a variety of hit music, music for revues and for film. Frustaci composed the song Tu Solamente Tu in 1939 , which was first recorded by Vittorio de Sica .
Frustaci was married to Maria Consiglio and they had a son. He also had a son, Cesare Andrea, born in 1936, with the Hungarian dancer Margit Wolf . Frustaci lived since 1954 with Mariuccia Giuliano, ex-wife of the actor Erminio Macario (1902–1980), with whom Frustaci worked for the Radiotelevisione Italiana (Rai) for many years .
Compositions (selection)
Camminando sotto la pioggiua , Sentimental (sung by Wanda Osiris ), Tu solamente tu , Quelli dello sci Sci , Maria Luisa .
Film music (selection)
- 1938: Eravamo sette sorelle, directed by Nunzio Malasomma
- 1941: Il vagabondo, directed by Carlo Borghesio , Oreste Biancoli
- 1948: Accidenti alla guerra, directed by Giorgio Simonelli
- 1949: Yvonne la nuit, directed by Giuseppe Amato
- 1950: The Big Show (Botta e risposta) , directed by Mario Soldati
- 1954: Baracca e burattini, directed by Sergio Corbucci
- 1956: A sud niente di nuovo, directed by Giorgio Simonelli
literature
- Germaine W. Shames: You, fascinating you: based on the true story of Hungarian ballerina Margit Wolf and Italian composer Pasquale Frustaci, aka "the Italian Cole Porter" . Pale Fire Press, 2011
- Obituary in Corriere di Napoli , July 29, 1971, p. 5
- Ettore de Mura : Enciclopedia della canzone napoletana . Naples: Casa Ed. Il Torchio, 1969
- Cesare Andrea Frustaci: Not a Trace of Smoke: Choice, Chance or Miracle . Denver, Colo. : Outskirts Press, 2014 ISBN 978-1478727026
Web links
- Literature by and about Pasquale Frustaci in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Pasquale Frustaci in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pasquale Frustaci , at Trecanni
- Hila Shachar: The fascinating Margit Wolf , at australianballet, January 10, 2014
- Pasquale Frustaci , at Trio Lescano PDF
Individual evidence
- ↑ You, Fascinating You: A Novel by Germaine Shames , at nycdancestuff
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frustaci, Pasquale |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer of songs, revue and film music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1971 |
| Place of death | San Sebastiano al Vesuvio |