Teodoro Cottrau
Teodoro Cottrau (7 December 1827 – 30 March 1879) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician. He specialised in Neapolitan folk songs. The son of French composer and musicologist Guillaume Louis Cottrau, he is best known for his arrangement of "Santa Lucia", published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley.
Teodoro Cottrau
Music: Anonymous - written down by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) in 1849 Text: Anonymous - written down by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) in 1849 Drawn by: s:da:User:Erik Damskier · Public domain
- Born
- 7 December 1827
- Birthplace
- Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Place of death
- Naples, Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Died
- 1879 · Naples.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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• Born — 7 December 1827 • Birthplace — Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies • Place of death — Naples, Kingdom of Italy • Genre — Neapolitan song • Occupation — * Composer • lyricist • publisher
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Teodoro Cottrau is recorded as composer, poet, writer, journalist and lyricist.
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1879
Teodoro Cottrau died at Naples.
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- 1.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."
- 2.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 ...
- 3.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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