Pippo Caruso

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Pippo Caruso
Caruso directs the orchestra of the 1975 RAI TV-show Un colpo di fortuna
Born(1935-12-22)22 December 1935
Belpasso, Italy
Died28 May 2018(2018-05-28) (aged 82)
Fara in Sabina, Italy
Known forComposer, conductor and music arranger
Scientific career
FieldsMusics

Giuseppe Caruso (22 December 1935 – 28 May 2018), best known as Pippo Caruso, was an Italian composer, conductor and music arranger.

Biography

Born in Belpasso, Catania, Caruso linked his professional success to the television presenter Pippo Baudo, who had been his university fellow and that Caruso regularly flanked as conductor in his TV programs starting from Canzonissima 1973.[1] Caruso composed several successful songs, including Mita Medici's "A ruota libera" and Lorella Cuccarini/Alessandra Martines' "L'amore è",[1] and, starting from sixties, Caruso also signed several film soundtracks, such as Kill Johnny Ringo and Maladolescenza.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Aldo Grasso. Enciclopedia della televisione (terza edizione). Garzanti Editore.
  2. ^ Ermanno Comuzio. Musicisti per lo schermo: dizionario ragionato dei compositori cinematografici. Ente dello spettacolo, 2004.

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