Tony De Vita
Antonio De Vita (10 February 1932 – 14 January 1998), best known as Tony De Vita, was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. Tony De Vita was born in Milan, De Vita graduated at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in his hometown. He started his career as a pianist, accompanying artists such as Johnny Dorelli and Betty Curtis.
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Tony De Vita
Italian magazine Radiocorriere, N. 49, year 1970, page 64 · Public domain
- Name
- Tony De Vita
- Birthplace
- Milan, Italy
- Place of death
- Ospedaletti, Italy
- Full name
- Antonio De Vita.
- Born
- 1932. · Milan.
- Died
- 1998. · Ospedaletti.
- Nationality
- Italy and Kingdom of Italy.
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, pianist, songwriter, actor and musician.
- Education
- Milan Conservatory.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Antonio De Vita (10 February 1932 – 14 January 1998), best known as Tony De Vita, was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. Tony De Vita was born in Milan, De Vita graduated at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in his hometown. He started his career as a pianist, accompanying artists such as Johnny Dorelli and Betty Curtis.
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In 1963 he debuted on television as the conductor in the variety show La fiera dei sogni, and from then he appeared in dozens of popular shows, including Senza Rete, Fantastico and Domenica in. De Vita composed over five hundred songs and musical scores. He is best known for his long collaboration with the singer Mina. Among his best known compositions, the song "Piano", which was later recorded by Matt Monro (1962), Doris Day (1963) and Frank Sinatra (1964) with the title "Softly, as I Leave You".
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• Name — Tony De Vita • Birthplace — Milan, Italy • Place of death — Ospedaletti, Italy
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- 1.Grasso, Aldo - Scaglioni Massimo (a cura di), Le Garzantine - Enciclopedia della Televisione, Garzanti, Milano, 2002 - 2003, p.191
- 2.Anselmi, Eddy, (a cura di), Festival di Sanremo - Almanacco illustrato della Canzone Italiana, Panini, Modena, 2009, p. 680.
- 3.Provvedini, Claudia, Morto il maestro Tony De Vita: Con lui Mina trionfò in TV, Corriere Della Sera del 15 gennaio 1998, p. 33.
- 4.Cita web http://www.rockol.it/news-3644/Morto-il-Maestro-Tony-De-Vita--arrangi%C3%B2--Il-cielo-in-una-stanza-- Rockol.it: Morto il Maestro Tony De Vita. Musicò "Il cielo in una stanza"
- 5.Vito Vita. Il signor No. Sprea Editori. 2. giugno-luglio 2021.
- 6.Anselmi, Eddy, op. cit., p.115
- 7.cfr. p. es. http://www.lorettagoggi.it/testi/7780/sabatosera.htm
- 8.Teche Rai: Storia > Varietà 1980 - 1981.
- 9.Teche Rai: Storia > Varietà 1984 - 1985.
- 10.Una fonte (cfr. Rockol.it) riporta invece il 13 gennaio
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