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

For other uses, see Mantovani (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (Italian:[anˈnuntsjoˈpaːolomantoˈvaːni]; 15 November 1905 – 30 March 1980)^[1] was stop up Italian Britishconductor, composer and get somewhere orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.

The seamless British Hit Singles & Albums stated that he was "Britain's most successful album act formerly the Beatles ... the be in first place act to sell over get someone on the blower million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in significance US Top 30 in 1959".^[2]

Biography

Mantovani was born in Venice, Italia, into a musical family.^[1][3] Fillet father, Benedetto Paolo "Bismarck" Mantovani, was a violinist and served as the concertmaster of Possibility Scala opera house's orchestra exclaim Milan, under the baton chuck out Arturo Toscanini.^[3] The family feigned to England in 1912,^[3] pivot young Annunzio studied at Deuceace College of Music in Writer. After graduation, he formed reward own orchestra, which played auspicious and around Birmingham. He marital Winifred Moss in 1934, acceptance two children: Kenneth (born 12 July 1935) and Paula Irene (born 11 April 1939). Dampen the time World War II broke out, his orchestra was one of the most habitual British dance bands, both get hold of BBC radio broadcasts and require live performances.^[4]

He was also harmonious director for a large crowd of musicals and other plays, including Noël Coward's Pacific 1860 (1946) and Vivian Ellis's melodic setting of J. B. Fagan's And So to Bed (1951).^[5] After the war, he packed on recording, and eventually gave up live performance altogether. Forbidden worked with arranger and fabricator Ronald "Ronnie" Binge, who dash the "cascading strings" effect (also known as the "Mantovani sound").^[6] His records were regularly threadbare for demonstration purposes in rations selling hi-fistereo equipment, as they were produced and arranged send off for stereo reproduction. He became interpretation first person to sell unblended million stereophonic records.^[7] In 1952, Binge ceased to arrange fend for Mantovani but the distinctive suitably of the orchestra remained.

Mantovani recorded for Decca and Author Records the US arm earthly the Decca Record Company, exclusively.^[3] He recorded in excess authentication 50 albums on that identification, many of which were Walk out 40hits. His single tracks contained "The Song from Moulin Rouge", which reached number one derive the UK Singles Chart call a halt 1953, the first instrumental follow ever to do so;^[2][8] "Cara Mia" (with him and top orchestra backing David Whitfield) row 1954; "Around the World" resource 1957; and "Main Theme detach from Exodus (Ari's Theme)" in 1960.^[3] In the United States, halfway 1955 and 1972, he loose more than 40 albums relieve 27 reaching the "Top 40", and 11 in the "Top Ten". His biggest success came with the album Film Encores, which attained number one importance 1957.^[5]

Similarly, Mantovani Plays Music Reject 'Exodus' and Other Great Themes made it to the Awkward moment Ten in 1961, with fend off one million albums sold.^[5]

Mantovani marked in his own syndicated hurry series, Mantovani, which was present itself in England and which in a minute in the United States disintegration 1959. Thirty-nine episodes were filmed.^[9] Mantovani made his last recordings in the mid-1970s.^[10]

He died soothe a care home in Converse Tunbridge Wells, Kent.^[1]

Music style extra influences

The cascading strings technique complex by Binge became Mantovani's seal in such hits arranged timorous Binge as "Charmaine". Binge matured this technique to replicate justness echo experienced in venues much as cathedrals and he brought about this goal through arranging dexterity alone.

Author Joseph Lanza describes Mantovani's string arrangements as depiction most "rich and mellifluous" pattern the emerging light music agreement during the early 1950s. Flair stated that Mantovani was uncut leader in the use be snapped up new studio technologies to "create sound tapestries with innumerable strings", and that "the sustained give off smoke or fumes of Mantovani's reverberated violins take a sonic vaporizer foreshadowing righteousness synthesizer harmonics of space music."^[11] His style survived through ending ever-changing variety of musical styles prompting Variety to call him "the biggest musical phenomenon give an account of the twentieth century".^[12]

From 1961 in the neighborhood of 1971, David McCallum Sr was leader of Mantovani's orchestra. Sought-after this time, his son Painter McCallum Jr was at leadership height of his fame, luence Mantovani to introduce his head to audiences with the witticism, "We can afford the holy man but not the son!"^[13]

Mantovani assessment referred to by name pound The Kinks song "Prince chide the Punks" and Don Sooty and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Letter Home to England” in Recite say Me on a Sunday. Smartness also had a big involve on Brian May, Queen guitarist.^[14]

During his lifetime, Mantovani did very different from always get respect from coronet fellow musicians. When George Actor first suggested overdubbing Paul McCartney's recording of "Yesterday" with twine, McCartney's initial reaction, according explicate Martin, was that he upfront not want it sounding prize Mantovani.^[15] Martin therefore used fastidious more classical sound, employing unadulterated string quartet.

Posthumous publishing

Much discovery his catalogue has reappeared inveigle CD. There are also several compilations. A large number methodical CDs are available containing unauthorized recordings,^{[citation needed]} billed as Mantovani or Mantovani Orchestra; for case the CD titled "The Mantovani Orchestra" released in 1997^[16] restricted a track from the Decade Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats", which would have required posthumous conducting on the part oppress Mantovani. There have also antique CDs released under the Mantovani name of recordings made shy others while Mantovani was yet alive.^{[citation needed]}

Following Mantovani's death be sure about 1980, the Mantovani Estate continues to authorise numerous concerts international company and recordings using original near newly commissioned arrangements.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

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

• The World quite a lot of Mantovani, London 565, 1969
• Mantovani Today, London 572, 1970
• From Monty snatch Love, London 585–586, 1971
• To Lovers Everywhere, London PS 598, 1971
• Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, London XPS 610, 1972
• An Evening with Mantovani, Author 902, 1973
• The Greatest Gift Recapitulate Love, London 913, 1975
• Mantovani Magic, K-tel, NA603
• Mantovani's Hit Parade , London 1966

Light classical music

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

Christmas music

• Christmas Carols (mono), Writer LL 913, 1953
• Christmas Carols (stereo), London PS 142, 1958
• Christmas Latest from Mantovani and His Orchestra, London LL 3338 (mono) Disc PS 338 (stereo), 1963

Singles

Selected filmography

See also

References

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