7 December 1827 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died
March 30, 1879(1879-03-30) (aged 51) Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Parent
Guillaume Louis Cottrau (father)
Musical artist
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.
^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 ..."
TeodoroCottrau (7 December 1827 – 30 March 1879) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician. He specialised in "folksy"...
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in the Années de pèlerinage. Guglielmo was the father of composer TeodoroCottrau. Honegger, Marc (1979). Dictionnaire de la musique;Tome 1, Les Hommes...
songs by Ernesto Tagliaferri, Paolo Tosti, :it:Pasquale Mario Costa, TeodoroCottrau, it:Evemero Nardella, Rodolfo Falvo, De Curtis, Di Capua, E. A. Mario...
(Traditional) Tu ca nun chiagne (Ernesto de Curtis) Addio a Napoli (TeodoroCottrau) Tre giorni son che Nina Premiere caresse (Vincenzo di Crescenzo) Senza...
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 1957 Elvis' Christmas Album Santa Lucia TeodoroCottrau 1963 Elvis for Everyone! Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) Aaron Schroeder...
(Alice Tegnér) Away in a Manger (William J. Kirkpatrick) Santa Lucia (TeodoroCottrau) Vem är det barnet (trad., arr. Lennart Sjöholm) Härlig är jorden (Schönster...
Giovanni Capurro 2.56 6. "Santa Lucia" traditional, transcription by TeodoroCottrau 3.12 7. "Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorrento)" Ernesto De Curtis...
artist/composer Original date Cover title Cover artist Cover lyricist Cover date Note Santa Lucia TeodoroCottrau 1849 Krásná je Neapol Waldemar Matuška...
with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & Ray Charles Singers "Santa Lucia" TeodoroCottrau adaptation: Nick Perito adaptation: Ray Charles 1966 with the Allesandro...
Basilicata e Principato ultra (in Italian). Napoli: Stab. Tip. di TeodoroCottrau. 1858. Ai miei amici più o meno rossi (in Italian). Napoli: Tip. dei...
Lucia" "In the Evening by the Moonlight" "Goodnight, Ladies" Henry Tucker TeodoroCottrau James A. Bland Edwin Pearce Christy 3:33 Total length: 20:30...