Alessandro Alessandroni
Alessandro Alessandroni ( born March 16, 1925 in Rome ) is an Italian musician. He plays several musical instruments, including guitar, mandolin, sitar, accordion, piano, and composed the music for over 40 films.
Life
Alessandroni grew up in Soriano nel Cimino north of Rome. His parents owned a barber shop. He learned the guitar and bought a mandolin at age 13. As a young musician, he dealt with the folk music of his home region of Lazio. Towards the end of his school days he made on the weekends dance music. He took a trip through Europe, played the piano and sang in various clubs. Back in Italy founded Alessandroni the vocal quartet " Le caravelle 4 " and appeared in the popular TV show " Canzonissima ". As Pfeifer and guitarist Alessandroni worked with his childhood friend, Ennio Morricone, in many film scores for spaghetti westerns. Morricone's orchestration is often an unusual combination of instruments and voices. Alessandroni can as Piper, among others in the soundtrack of Sergio Leone 's films, the song will be heard by the death of me A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and play. His vocal quartet expanded to a sixteen -member group, calling itself " I Cantori Moderni ". Even as an independent composer, he was responsible for film scores. Into old age, Alessandroni gives concerts throughout Europe. On the album Rome by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, published in 2011, Alessandroni is heard with his choir.