Teodoro Cottrau
Appearance
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Born | 7 December 1827 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
Died | March 30, 1879 Naples, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 51)
Father | Guillaume Louis Cottrau |
Teodoro Cottrau (7 December 1827 – 30 March 1879) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician.[1] He specialised in "folksy" Neapolitan songs.[2]
His arrangement of "Santa Lucia" was published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley.[3]
Cottrau was the son of French composer and musicologist Guillaume Louis Cottrau.
References
[edit]- ^ The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular and Folk -James J. Fuld - 2000 p485 "Teodoro Cottrau, a composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician, was born in Naples in 1827 and died there in 1879."
- ^ Concerto: Das Magazin für Alte Musik 2002 "Zwei gitarrenbegleitete Canzonen von Gennaro Negri und Teodora Cotrau leiten ins frühe 19. Jahrhundert über - und damit ins postkartenhafte Bella-Napoli-Klischee, also die Kommerzialisierung der Folklore. Immerhin singt Rosario Totaro ...
- ^ David Neale - 2003 Roots of Elvis - p104 Santa Lucia (Teodoro Cottrau) Recorded by Elvis on Wednesday, 10 July 1963 Original: Caruso, 1916 Elvis's version can be heard on Elvis For Everyone Italian Teodoro Cottrau wrote this number in 1850. Elvis's version was sung in Love In ..."
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