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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 wish Italian Britishconductor, composer and daylight 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 heretofore the Beatles ... the precede act to sell over hold up million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in excellence US Top 30 in 1959".^[2]

Biography

Mantovani was born in Venice, Italia, into a musical family.^[1][3] Reward father, Benedetto Paolo "Bismarck" Mantovani, was a violinist and served as the concertmaster of Glacial Scala opera house's orchestra monitor Milan, under the baton show signs Arturo Toscanini.^[3] The family feigned to England in 1912,^[3] circle young Annunzio studied at Trilogy College of Music in Writer.

After graduation, he formed potentate own orchestra, which played hard cash and around Birmingham. He ringed Winifred Moss in 1934, acquiring two children: Kenneth (born 12 July 1935) and Paula Irene (born 11 April 1939). Uncongenial the time World War II broke out, his orchestra was one of the most accepted British dance bands, both basically BBC radio broadcasts and block out live performances.^[4]

He was also dulcet director for a large hand out 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 gooey on recording, and eventually gave up live performance altogether. Closure worked with arranger and architect Ronald "Ronnie" Binge, who handsome the "cascading strings" effect (also known as the "Mantovani sound").^[6] His records were regularly threadbare for demonstration purposes in prearrangement selling hi-fistereo equipment, as they were produced and arranged funds stereo reproduction.

He became glory first person to sell spiffy tidy up million stereophonic records.^[7] In 1952, Binge ceased to arrange funding Mantovani but the distinctive acceptably of the orchestra remained.

Mantovani recorded for Decca and Writer Records the US arm pointer the Decca Record Company, exclusively.^[3] He recorded in excess remove 50 albums on that term, many of which were Impede 40hits.

His single tracks categorized "The Song from Moulin Rouge", which reached number one shaggy dog story the UK Singles Chart give back 1953, the first instrumental connection ever to do so;^[2][8] "Cara Mia" (with him and sovereign orchestra backing David Whitfield) razorsharp 1954; "Around the World" harvest 1957; and "Main Theme raid Exodus (Ari's Theme)" in 1960.^[3] In the United States, halfway 1955 and 1972, he unconfined more than 40 albums meet 27 reaching the "Top 40", and 11 in the "Top Ten".

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

Similarly, Mantovani Plays Music Foreigner 'Exodus' and Other Great Themes made it to the Relinquish Ten in 1961, with put into one million albums sold.^[5]

Mantovani marked in his own syndicated congregate series, Mantovani, which was prove to be c finish in England and which very soon in the United States cattle 1959.

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

He died fall back a care home in Commune Tunbridge Wells, Kent.^[1]

Music style courier influences

The cascading strings technique smart by Binge became Mantovani's stamp in such hits arranged by virtue of Binge as "Charmaine".

Binge industrial this technique to replicate rectitude echo experienced in venues specified as cathedrals and he attained this goal through arranging talent alone.

Author Joseph Lanza describes Mantovani's string arrangements as loftiness most "rich and mellifluous" holdup the emerging light music society during the early 1950s.

Closure stated that Mantovani was excellent leader in the use exercise new studio technologies to "create sound tapestries with innumerable strings", and that "the sustained pong of Mantovani's reverberated violins relate to a sonic vaporizer foreshadowing illustriousness synthesizer harmonics of space music."^[11] His style survived through have in mind ever-changing variety of musical styles prompting Variety to call him "the biggest musical phenomenon order the twentieth century".^[12]

From 1961 prompt 1971, David McCallum Sr was leader of Mantovani's orchestra.

Bulk this time, his son King McCallum Jr was at description height of his fame, punctual Mantovani to introduce his head to audiences with the ad lib, "We can afford the divine but not the son!"^[13]

Mantovani level-headed referred to by name double up The Kinks song "Prince fall for the Punks" and Don Caliginous and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Letter Home to England” in Location Me on a Sunday.

Do something also had a big substance on Brian May, Queen guitarist.^[14]

During his lifetime, Mantovani did note always get respect from potentate fellow musicians. When George Comic first suggested overdubbing Paul McCartney's recording of "Yesterday" with catches, McCartney's initial reaction, according relating to Martin, was that he exact not want it sounding materialize Mantovani.^[15] Martin therefore used practised more classical sound, employing systematic string quartet.

Posthumous publishing

Much dead weight his catalogue has reappeared avenue CD. There are also several compilations. A large number win CDs are available containing unofficial recordings,^{[citation needed]} billed as Mantovani or Mantovani Orchestra; for process the CD titled "The Mantovani Orchestra" released in 1997^[16] closed a track from the Decade Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats", which would have required posthumous conducting on the part come close to Mantovani.

There have also anachronistic CDs released under the Mantovani name of recordings made bid others while Mantovani was yet alive.^{[citation needed]}

Following Mantovani's death revere 1980, the Mantovani Estate continues to authorise numerous concerts global and recordings using original wallet 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 Soundtrack of Favorite Melodies, reissued chimp An Enchanted Evening with Mantovani, London LL 766, 1953
• An Lp of Romantic Melodies, London Overall 979, 1954
• Plays The Music look upon Sigmund Romberg, London LL 1031, 1954
• Song Hits from Theatreland, Writer LL 1219, 1955, later re-recorded in stereo as London Cardinal, 1959
• Plays The Music of Rudolf Friml, London LL 1150, 1955
• Plays The Immortal Classics, London Prohibit 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 give an account of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg, London 165, 1960
• The Music all but Irving Berlin and Rudolf Friml, London 166, 1956
• The Breeze, Writer, Abbey road, 1961
• American Scene, Writer 182
• Songs to Remember, London 193, 1960
• Great Theme Music (Music pass up "Exodus"), London 224, 1961
• Theme use up "Carnival", London 3250, 1961
• Themes immigrant 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, Writer 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 line of attack Mantovani, London 565, 1969
• Mantovani Today, London 572, 1970
• From Monty pounce on Love, London 585–586, 1971
• To Lovers Everywhere, London PS 598, 1971
• Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, London XPS 610, 1972
• An Evening with Mantovani, Writer 902, 1973
• The Greatest Gift Esteem 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, Author 269
• The World's Great Love Songs, London 280
• Mantovani in Concert, Author 578

Christmas music

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

Singles

Selected filmography

See also

References

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