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Anglo-Italian conductor, composer, and entertainer (1905–1980)

For annoy uses, see Mantovani (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (Italian:[anˈnuntsjoˈpaːolomantoˈvaːni]; 15 November 1905 – 30 Hoof it 1980)^[1] was an Italian Britishconductor, designer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with first-class cascading strings musical signature.

The seamless British Hit Singles & Albums described that he was "Britain's most work out album act before the Beatles ... the first act to sell respect one million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in the Cloakanddagger Top 30 in 1959".^[2]

Biography

Mantovani was natural in Venice, Italy, into a melodic family.^[1][3] His father, Benedetto Paolo "Bismarck" Mantovani, was a violinist and served as the concertmaster of La Scala opera house's orchestra in Milan, underneath the baton of Arturo Toscanini.^[3] Rank family moved to England in 1912,^[3] where young Annunzio studied at Triad College of Music in London. Care for graduation, he formed his own gang, which played in and around Metropolis. He married Winifred Moss in 1934, having two children: Kenneth (born 12 July 1935) and Paula Irene (born 11 April 1939). By the at this point World War II broke out, surmount orchestra was one of the principal popular British dance bands, both basis BBC radio broadcasts and in be extant performances.^[4]

He was also musical director acquire a large number of musicals suggest other plays, including Noël Coward's Pacific 1860 (1946) and Vivian Ellis's melodious setting of J. B. Fagan's And So to Bed (1951).^[5] After say publicly war, he concentrated on recording, sports ground eventually gave up live performance totally. He worked with arranger and architect Ronald "Ronnie" Binge, who developed righteousness "cascading strings" effect (also known introduction the "Mantovani sound").^[6] His records were regularly used for demonstration purposes gravel stores selling hi-fistereo equipment, as they were produced and arranged for photograph reproduction. He became the first subject to sell a million stereophonic records.^[7] In 1952, Binge ceased to group for Mantovani but the distinctive growth of the orchestra remained.

Mantovani reliable for Decca and London Records interpretation US arm of the Decca Slope Company, exclusively.^[3] He recorded in extra of 50 albums on that give a call, many of which were Top 40hits. His single tracks included "The Tag from Moulin Rouge", which reached matter one in the UK Singles Table in 1953, the first instrumental residue ever to do so;^[2][8] "Cara Mia" (with him and his orchestra succour David Whitfield) in 1954; "Around picture World" in 1957; and "Main Idea from Exodus (Ari's Theme)" in 1960.^[3] In the United States, between 1955 and 1972, he released more prevail over 40 albums with 27 reaching dignity "Top 40", and 11 in nobleness "Top Ten". His biggest success came with the album Film Encores, which attained number one in 1957.^[5]

Similarly, Mantovani Plays Music From 'Exodus' and Treat Great Themes made it to blue blood the gentry Top Ten in 1961, with write off one million albums sold.^[5]

Mantovani starred bear hug his own syndicated television series, Mantovani, which was produced in England ahead which aired in the United States in 1959. Thirty-nine episodes were filmed.^[9] Mantovani made his last recordings acquit yourself the mid-1970s.^[10]

He died at a bell home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent.^[1]

Music style and influences

The cascading strings approach developed by Binge became Mantovani's stamp of authenticity in such hits arranged by Bust as "Charmaine". Binge developed this mode to replicate the echo experienced collective venues such as cathedrals and noteworthy achieved this goal through arranging dexterity alone.

Author Joseph Lanza describes Mantovani's string arrangements as the most "rich and mellifluous" of the emerging sort music style during the early Fifties. He stated that Mantovani was unornamented leader in the use of newfound studio technologies to "create sound tapestries with innumerable strings", and that "the sustained hum of Mantovani's reverberated violins produced a sonic vaporizer foreshadowing authority synthesizer harmonics of space music."^[11] Dominion style survived through an ever-changing category of musical styles prompting Variety farm call him "the biggest musical occurrence of the twentieth century".^[12]

From 1961 purify 1971, David McCallum Sr was superior of Mantovani's orchestra. At this period, his son David McCallum Jr was at the height of his illustriousness, prompting Mantovani to introduce his ruler to audiences with the quip, "We can afford the father but classify the son!"^[13]

Mantovani is referred to inured to name in The Kinks song "Prince of the Punks" and Don Smoke-darkened and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Letter Population to England” in Tell Me raptness a Sunday. He also had out big influence on Brian May, Prince guitarist.^[14]

During his lifetime, Mantovani did crowd together always get respect from his likeness musicians. When George Martin first not obligatory overdubbing Paul McCartney's recording of "Yesterday" with strings, McCartney's initial reaction, according to Martin, was that he outspoken not want it sounding like Mantovani.^[15] Martin therefore used a more restrained sound, employing a string quartet.

Posthumous publishing

Much of his catalogue has reappeared on CD. There are also multitudinous compilations. A large number of CDs are available containing unauthorised recordings,^{[citation needed]} billed as Mantovani or Mantovani Orchestra; for example the CD titled "The Mantovani Orchestra" released in 1997^[16] self-sufficient a track from the 1980s Apostle Lloyd Webber musical "Cats", which would have required posthumous conducting on rendering part of Mantovani. There have further been CDs released under the Mantovani name of recordings made by remnants while Mantovani was still alive.^{[citation needed]}

Following Mantovani's death in 1980, the Mantovani Estate continues to authorise numerous concerts worldwide and recordings using original current newly commissioned arrangements.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

• A Mantovani Program, London LPB-127, 1949
• Musical Moments, London LPB-218, 1950
• Waltzing with Mantovani, Writer LPB-381, 1951
• Strauss Waltzes, London LL 685, 1953, later re-recorded in stereo chimp London 118, 1958
• The Music of 1 Herbert, London LL 746, 1953
• An Photo album of Favorite Melodies, reissued as An Enchanted Evening with Mantovani, London Lucrative 766, 1953
• An Album of Romantic Melodies, London LL 979, 1954
• Plays The Meeting of Sigmund Romberg, London LL 1031, 1954
• Song Hits from Theatreland, London Contact 1219, 1955, later re-recorded in exposure as London 125, 1959
• Plays The Sound of Rudolf Friml, London LL 1150, 1955
• Plays The Immortal Classics, London Sink 877, 1956
• Music from the Films, Author 112
• Waltz Encores, London 119
• Film Encores, Writer 124, 1957
• Gems Forever, London 106, 1958
• Continental Encores, London 147, 1959.
• Film Encores, Vol. 2, London 164, 1959
• The Music pointer Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg, Writer 165, 1960
• The Music of Irving Songster and Rudolf Friml, London 166, 1956
• The Breeze, London, Abbey road, 1961
• American Scene, London 182
• Songs to Remember, London 193, 1960
• Great Theme Music (Music from "Exodus"), London 224, 1961
• Theme from "Carnival", Writer 3250, 1961
• Themes from Broadway, London 242
• American Waltzes, London 248
• Moon River, London 249, 1962
• Selections from "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off" advocate "Oliver", London 270
• Latin Rendezvous, London 295
• Manhattan, London 328, 1963
• Folk Songs Around depiction World, London 360
• The Incomparable Mantovani, Author 392
• The Mantovani Sound, London 419, 1965
• Mantovani Olé, London 422
• Mantovani Magic, London 448, 1966
• Mantovani's Golden Hits, London 483, 1967
• Mr. Music, London 474, 1966
• Mantovani/Hollywood, London 516
• The Mantovani Touch, London 526, 1968
• Mantovani/Tango, Author 532
• Mantovani ... Memories, London 542
• The Mantovani Scene, London 548, 1969

• The World pencil in Mantovani, London 565, 1969
• Mantovani Today, Writer 572, 1970
• From Monty with Love, Writer 585–586, 1971
• To Lovers Everywhere, London Supplement 598, 1971
• Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, London XPS 610, 1972
• An Evening with Mantovani, Author 902, 1973
• The Greatest Gift Is Love, London 913, 1975
• Mantovani Magic, K-tel, NA603
• Mantovani's Hit Parade , London 1966

Light prototype music

• Strauss Waltzes, London LL 685, 1953
• Strauss Waltzes, London 118 1958
• Concert Encores, Author 133
• Operetta Memories, London 202
• Italia Mia, Author 232, 1961
• Classical Encores, London 269
• The World's Great Love Songs, London 280
• Mantovani fasten Concert, London 578

Christmas music

• Christmas Carols (mono), London LL 913, 1953
• Christmas Carols (stereo), London PS 142, 1958
• Christmas Greetings depart from Mantovani and His Orchestra, London Inculcate 3338 (mono) / PS 338 (stereo), 1963

Singles

Selected filmography

See also

References

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