Bixio Cherubini (27 March 1899 – 14 December 1987) was an Italian lyricist, playwright and poet.
Life and career
Born in
Leonessa
:''Leonessa is also the name of a ''frazione'' of Bassano Romano.''
Leonessa is a town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Province of Rieti in the Lazio region of central Italy. Its population in 2008 was around 2,700.
Situated in ...
, Cherubini was a descendant of composer
Luigi Cherubini
Luigi Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the gre ...
. He started composing poems and lyrics during the
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, in which he enlisted as a
volunteer
Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve ...
. After working several years in Rome as a
Poste italiane employee, in 1927 he moved to Milan to focus on songwriting. Around this time he formed a successful professional relationship with
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Cesare Andrea Bixio (11 October 18965 March 1978) was an Italian composer.
He was one of the most popular Italian songwriters of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Bixio was born in Naples, Italy. His hits included Vivere; Mamma; Parlami d'amore, M ...
, with whom he wrote classics such as "Tango delle capinere", "La canzone dell'amore", "Violino tzigano", "Trotta cavallino", "
Mamma
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*Mother, a female parent
*Mama-san, in Japan and East Asia, a woman in a position of authority
*Mamas, a name for female associates of the Hells Angels
Places
*Mama, Russia, an urban-type settlement ...
".
[Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Cherubini, Bixio". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.]
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Cherubini was active as a partisan with the Val Malchirolo brigade. After the war, while sporadically working with Bixio and other composers, he started a long and fruitful professional association with , with whom he composed dozens of hits including "Vola colomba", the winning song of the second edition of the
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual ...
, "Campanaro", "Marieta monta in gondola", "Campane di Santa Lucia".
Bixio was also active as a playwright, specialized in revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...
s.
References
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1899 births
1987 deaths
People from the Province of Rieti
Italian lyricists
Italian songwriters
Male songwriters
Italian record producers
Italian male conductors (music)
20th-century Italian conductors (music)
20th-century Italian male musicians