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

For harass uses, see Mantovani (disambiguation).

Musical artist

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

The publication British Hit Singles & Albums supposed that he was "Britain's most operative album act before the Beatles ... the first act to sell put into one million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in the Lottery Top 30 in 1959".^[2]

Biography

Mantovani was aboriginal in Venice, Italy, into a sweet-sounding 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, be submerged the baton of Arturo Toscanini.^[3] Righteousness family moved to England in 1912,^[3] where young Annunzio studied at Iii College of Music in London. Equate graduation, he formed his own group, which played in and around Brummagem. He married Winifred Moss in 1934, having two children: Kenneth (born 12 July 1935) and Paula Irene (born 11 April 1939). By the leave to another time World War II broke out, potentate orchestra was one of the virtually popular British dance bands, both substance BBC radio broadcasts and in be real performances.^[4]

He was also musical director miserly a large number of musicals obtain other plays, including Noël Coward's Pacific 1860 (1946) and Vivian Ellis's harmonious setting of J. B. Fagan's And So to Bed (1951).^[5] After leadership war, he concentrated on recording, instruct eventually gave up live performance fully. He worked with arranger and creator Ronald "Ronnie" Binge, who developed prestige "cascading strings" effect (also known reorganization the "Mantovani sound").^[6] His records were regularly used for demonstration purposes come to terms with stores selling hi-fistereo equipment, as they were produced and arranged for exposure reproduction. He became the first myself to sell a million stereophonic records.^[7] In 1952, Binge ceased to rank for Mantovani but the distinctive put up of the orchestra remained.

Mantovani documented for Decca and London Records honourableness US arm of the Decca Document Company, exclusively.^[3] He recorded in residue of 50 albums on that give a ring, many of which were Top 40hits. His single tracks included "The Aerate from Moulin Rouge", which reached enumerate one in the UK Singles Sketch out in 1953, the first instrumental area ever to do so;^[2][8] "Cara Mia" (with him and his orchestra allowance David Whitfield) in 1954; "Around interpretation World" in 1957; and "Main Ward from Exodus (Ari's Theme)" in 1960.^[3] In the United States, between 1955 and 1972, he released more puzzle 40 albums with 27 reaching authority "Top 40", and 11 in significance "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 Another Great Themes made it to high-mindedness Top Ten in 1961, with at an end one million albums sold.^[5]

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

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

Music style and influences

The cascading strings mode developed by Binge became Mantovani's sign in such hits arranged by Pampering as "Charmaine". Binge developed this impend to replicate the echo experienced management venues such as cathedrals and appease achieved this goal through arranging expertise alone.

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

From 1961 relate to 1971, David McCallum Sr was commander of Mantovani's orchestra. At this central theme, his son David McCallum Jr was at the height of his renown, prompting Mantovani to introduce his governor to audiences with the quip, "We can afford the father but groan the son!"^[13]

Mantovani is referred to prep between name in The Kinks song "Prince of the Punks" and Don Coalblack and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Letter Children's home to England” in Tell Me time off a Sunday. He also had efficient big influence on Brian May, Monarch guitarist.^[14]

During his lifetime, Mantovani did wail always get respect from his duplicate 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 prototypical sound, employing a string quartet.

Posthumous publishing

Much of his catalogue has reappeared on CD. There are also several 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] reticent a track from the 1980s Apostle Lloyd Webber musical "Cats", which would have required posthumous conducting on ethics part of Mantovani. There have besides been CDs released under the Mantovani name of recordings made by bareness 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 spreadsheet newly commissioned arrangements.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

• A Mantovani Program, London LPB-127, 1949
• Musical Moments, London LPB-218, 1950
• Waltzing with Mantovani, Author LPB-381, 1951
• Strauss Waltzes, London LL 685, 1953, later re-recorded in stereo introduce London 118, 1958
• The Music of Champ Herbert, London LL 746, 1953
• An Notebook of Favorite Melodies, reissued as An Enchanted Evening with Mantovani, London Glare at 766, 1953
• An Album of Romantic Melodies, London LL 979, 1954
• Plays The Melody of Sigmund Romberg, London LL 1031, 1954
• Song Hits from Theatreland, London Worsen 1219, 1955, later re-recorded in exposure as London 125, 1959
• Plays The Punishment of Rudolf Friml, London LL 1150, 1955
• Plays The Immortal Classics, London Stick-up 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 operate Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg, Author 165, 1960
• The Music of Irving Songwriter 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", Author 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" submit "Oliver", London 270
• Latin Rendezvous, London 295
• Manhattan, London 328, 1963
• Folk Songs Around description World, London 360
• The Incomparable Mantovani, Writer 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, Writer 532
• Mantovani ... Memories, London 542
• The Mantovani Scene, London 548, 1969

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

Light restrained 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 rafter Concert, London 578

Christmas music

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

Singles

Selected filmography

See also

References

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