Mantovani

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (* November 15, 1905 in Venice, Italy, † March 29 1980 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom ), better known simply as Mantovani, was an Italian orchestra leader, who worked in England and with its own orchestra and a private had style (so-called " cascading strings " ) a great success.

Life

He was born into a musical family home. His father was first violinist at La Scala with Arturo Toscanini and later longtime concertmaster of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, where the family had moved in 1912. " Monty " as he was called by his friends, received violin lessons from his father and two years studying music and counterpoint at the Trinity College of Music. Even after studying the family played a major role in the early successes of his " Tipica Orchestra". He even took pieces of music with his father as a musician in the orchestra and his sister as a vocal soloist.

In one of his early orchestra played and the theater organist, arranger and composer Ronald Binge with: Its just short piece " Sailing By " was a well-known composition, and his Elisabeth Serenade contributed to the great success of Mantovani Orchestra at. Binge Mantovani helped in the preparation of their own music style which in English is called " cascading strings " and is based on a continuously swelling strings glissando. This Mantovani sound they had developed slow waltz for an American mandate for production, and this sound has become his trademark. The biggest success in this style was 1951, composed by Erno and Lew Pollack Rapée instrumentals Charmaine. The interpretation of Greensleeves, a traditional arranged by Binge, was a great success, and Mantovani was so excited about this title, that he even named his residence thereafter. Long on the Billboard charts were 1957 Around The World, 1960, the movie theme from The Sundowners and 1961 the theme from Exodus. Countless record releases and concerts made ​​from Mantovani a wealthy man.

Except for the concert halls Mantovani also worked for the theater and produced, among other arrangements for Noël Coward. He also acted in feature films, as in the German music film guitars of Love ( 1954) Vico Torriani and Harald Juhnke next and in a heart full of music (1955 ), also with Vico Torriani and Boy Gobert.

Mantovani Piccolo Bolero (similar in style to Maurice Ravel ) was developed by Loriot as background music of the three-minute Sketches rooms devastation ( "The picture is crooked " ) are used.

Mantovani was married to Winifred Kathleen Moss and had two children.

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