Mantovani

Mantovani
Mantovani
	Mantovani in 1970
Background information
Birth name	Annunzio Paolo Mantovani
Also known as	Tulio Trapani
Born	15 November 1905; Venice, Veneto, Italy
Died	30 March 1980 (aged 74); Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Genres	light music
Occupation(s)	conductor; composer
Years active	1939–1980

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (Italian: [anˈnuntsjo ˈpaːolo mantoˈvaːni]; 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.

[ODNB-1] "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.)

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-2] 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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