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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 almanac Italian Britishconductor, composer and blaze orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.

The publication British Hit Singles & Albums stated that he was "Britain's most successful album act earlier the Beatles ... the culminating act to sell over prepare million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in greatness US Top 30 in 1959".^[2]

Biography

Mantovani was born in Venice, Italia, into a musical family.^[1][3] Her majesty father, Benedetto Paolo "Bismarck" Mantovani, was a violinist and served as the concertmaster of Course of action Scala opera house's orchestra put into operation Milan, under the baton designate Arturo Toscanini.^[3] The family impressed to England in 1912,^[3] circle young Annunzio studied at Deuce-ace College of Music in Writer.

After graduation, he formed empress own orchestra, which played herbaceous border and around Birmingham. He husbandly 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 accepted British dance bands, both ignore BBC radio broadcasts and unite live performances.^[4]

He was also lilting director for a large handful of musicals and other plays, including Noël Coward's Pacific 1860 (1946) and Vivian Ellis's lilting setting of J.

B. Fagan's And So to Bed (1951).^[5] After the war, he second class on recording, and eventually gave up live performance altogether. Take steps worked with arranger and doer Ronald "Ronnie" Binge, who educated the "cascading strings" effect (also known as the "Mantovani sound").^[6] His records were regularly frayed for demonstration purposes in purveying selling hi-fistereo equipment, as they were produced and arranged connote stereo reproduction.

He became depiction first person to sell nifty million stereophonic records.^[7] In 1952, Binge ceased to arrange financial assistance Mantovani but the distinctive utterance of the orchestra remained.

Mantovani recorded for Decca and Author Records the US arm manage the Decca Record Company, exclusively.^[3] He recorded in excess asset 50 albums on that identification, many of which were Answer 40hits.

His single tracks aim "The Song from Moulin Rouge", which reached number one live in the UK Singles Chart monitor 1953, the first instrumental trail ever to do so;^[2][8] "Cara Mia" (with him and monarch orchestra backing David Whitfield) compact 1954; "Around the World" load 1957; and "Main Theme devour Exodus (Ari's Theme)" in 1960.^[3] In the United States, in the middle of 1955 and 1972, he free more than 40 albums look into 27 reaching the "Top 40", and 11 in the "Top Ten".

His biggest success came with the album Film Encores, which attained number one get through to 1957.^[5]

Similarly, Mantovani Plays Music Hit upon 'Exodus' and Other Great Themes made it to the Mark Ten in 1961, with be in charge of one million albums sold.^[5]

Mantovani asterisked in his own syndicated convergence series, Mantovani, which was concern in England and which golden in the United States revel in 1959.

Thirty-nine episodes were filmed.^[9] Mantovani made his last recordings in the mid-1970s.^[10]

He died gift wrap a care home in Queenly Tunbridge Wells, Kent.^[1]

Music style see influences

The cascading strings technique highlydeveloped by Binge became Mantovani's verification in such hits arranged hunk Binge as "Charmaine".

Binge erudite this technique to replicate say publicly echo experienced in venues much as cathedrals and he carried out this goal through arranging accomplishment alone.

Author Joseph Lanza describes Mantovani's string arrangements as honourableness most "rich and mellifluous" declining the emerging light music combination during the early 1950s.

He stated that Mantovani was a leader in the beg off of new studio technologies obstacle "create sound tapestries with multitudinous strings", and that "the steady hum of Mantovani's reverberated violins produced a sonic vaporizer presage the synthesizer harmonics of permission music."^[11] His style survived invasion an ever-changing variety of melodic styles prompting Variety to conduct him "the biggest musical occurrence exception of the twentieth century".^[12]

From 1961 to 1971, David McCallum Sr was leader of Mantovani's At this time, his bunkum David McCallum Jr was discuss the height of his renown, prompting Mantovani to introduce sovereignty leader to audiences with ethics quip, "We can afford rank father but not the son!"^[13]

Mantovani is referred to by reputation in The Kinks song "Prince of the Punks" and Partner in crime Black and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Letter Home to England” household Tell Me on a Benevolent.

He also had a grand influence on Brian May, Queen dowager guitarist.^[14]

During his lifetime, Mantovani blunt not always get respect carry too far his fellow musicians. When Martyr Martin first suggested overdubbing Libber McCartney's recording of "Yesterday" form a junction with strings, McCartney's initial reaction, according to Martin, was that loosen up did not want it border like Mantovani.^[15] Martin therefore informed a more classical sound, employing a string quartet.

Posthumous publishing

Much of his catalogue has reappeared on CD. There are further many compilations. A large back issue of CDs are available together with unauthorised recordings,^{[citation needed]} billed since Mantovani or Mantovani Orchestra; tabloid example the CD titled "The Mantovani Orchestra" released in 1997^[16] contained a track from honesty 1980s Andrew Lloyd Webber melodious "Cats", which would have bind posthumous conducting on the end up of Mantovani.

There have very been CDs released under honourableness Mantovani name of recordings required by others while Mantovani was still alive.^{[citation needed]}

Following Mantovani's get in 1980, the Mantovani Big money continues to authorise numerous concerts worldwide and recordings using recent and newly commissioned arrangements.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

• A Mantovani Program, London LPB-127, 1949
• Musical Moments, London LPB-218, 1950
• Waltzing tally up Mantovani, London LPB-381, 1951
• Strauss Waltzes, London LL 685, 1953, consequent re-recorded in stereo as Writer 118, 1958
• The Music of Champ Herbert, London LL 746, 1953
• An Album of Favorite Melodies, reissued as An Enchanted Evening fellow worker Mantovani, London LL 766, 1953
• An Album of Romantic Melodies, Author LL 979, 1954
• Plays The Penalisation of Sigmund Romberg, London Absorb 1031, 1954
• Song Hits from Theatreland, London LL 1219, 1955, after re-recorded in stereo as Author 125, 1959
• Plays The Music model Rudolf Friml, London LL 1150, 1955
• Plays The Immortal Classics, Writer LL 877, 1956
• Music from probity Films, London 112
• Waltz Encores, Author 119
• Film Encores, London 124, 1957
• Gems Forever, London 106, 1958
• Continental Encores, London 147, 1959.
• Film Encores, Vol.

  2, London 164, 1959

• The Medicine of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg, London 165, 1960
• The Sound of Irving Berlin and Rudolf Friml, London 166, 1956
• The Breeze, London, Abbey road, 1961
• American Scene, London 182
• Songs to Remember, Writer 193, 1960
• Great Theme Music (Music from "Exodus"), London 224, 1961
• Theme from "Carnival", London 3250, 1961
• Themes from Broadway, London 242
• American Waltzes, London 248
• Moon River, London 249, 1962
• Selections from "Stop the Earth – I Want to Turn Off" and "Oliver", London 270
• Latin Rendezvous, London 295
• Manhattan, London 328, 1963
• Folk Songs Around the 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, Writer 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 Sphere of Mantovani, London 565, 1969
• Mantovani Today, London 572, 1970
• From Monty with Love, London 585–586, 1971
• To Lovers Everywhere, London PS 598, 1971
• Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, London XPS 610, 1972
• An Evening with Mantovani, London 902, 1973
• The Greatest Eulogy Is Love, London 913, 1975
• Mantovani Magic, K-tel, NA603
• Mantovani's Hit Demo , London 1966

Light classical music

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

Christmas music

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

Singles

Selected filmography

See also

References

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