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Also known as Tulio Trapani, Michael Trevor, Paul Remy, Paul Lambrecht

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (; 15 November 1905 – 30 March 1980) was an Italian British conductor, composer and light orchestra–styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1905-11-15
Active to
1980-03-29
britisheasy listeningenglisheuropeanitalianuk

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Listeners
94,016
Total plays
922,369

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Mantovani was born in Venice, Italy and his father was the concertmaster of La Scala orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. His family moved to England in 1912, where he studied at Trinity College of Music in London. After graduation, he formed his own orchestra, which played in and around Birmingham. By the time World War II broke out, his orchestra was one of the most popular in UK, both on the BBC and in live performances. He was also musical director for a large number of musicals and other play

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
Mantovani
Musical artist.image
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (1970).jpg
Musical artist.caption
Mantovani in 1970
Musical artist.background
non_performing_personnel
Musical artist.birth_name
Annunzio Paolo Mantovani
Musical artist.alias
Tulio Trapani
Musical artist.birth_place
Venice, Veneto, Italy
Musical artist.death_place
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Musical artist.genre
Light music
Musical artist.occupation
Conductor, composer
Musical artist.years_active
1939–1980
Musical artist.associated_acts
David Whitfield

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Mantovani, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Music style and influences
  • Posthumous publishing
  • Discography
  • Albums
  • Light classical music
  • Christmas music
  • Singles
  • Selected filmography
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (; 15 November 1905 – 30 March 1980) 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 Mantovani 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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mantovani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.