Anglo-Italian conductor, composer, and entertainer (1905–1980)
For other uses, see Mantovani (disambiguation).
Mantovani
Mantovani in 1970
Background information
Birth name
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani
Also known as
Tulio Trapani
Born
(1905-11-15)15 November 1905 Venice, Veneto, Italy
Died
30 March 1980(1980-03-30) (aged 74) Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, Britain
Genres
light music
Occupation(s)
conductor composer
Years active
1939–1980
Musical artist
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (Italian:[anˈnuntsjoˈpaːolomantoˈvaːni]; 15 November 1905 – 30 March 1980)[1] was an Italian British conductor, composer and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.
The book British Hit Singles & Albums stated that he was "Britain's most successful album act before the Beatles ... the first act to sell over one million stereo albums and [have] six albums simultaneously in the US Top 30 in 1959".[2]
^"Mantovani, Annunzio Paolo (1905–1980)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67652. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 348. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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