Enrico De Angelis (23 November 1920 – 21 August 2018)Enrico De Angelis – Scheda defunto
was an Italian singer and entrepreneur. His singing career took place during the 1940s.

Biography

De Angelis was part of a family of voice actors and dubbers. He was the oldest son of voice actor

Gualtiero De Angelis Gualtiero De Angelis (November 22, 1899 – June 6, 1980) was an Italian actor and voice actor. He was best known for dubbing James Stewart in the Italian language releases of nearly all of his films. Biography Born in Rome, De Angelis began h ...

. In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named

Quartetto Egie Quartetto Cetra (; ) was an Italian jazz vocal quartet established during the early 1940s and active until 1988. Career The band was based on the Mills Brothers and started performing under the name Quartetto Egie from the initials of the singers ...

together with

Tata Giacobetti Giovanni "Tata" Giacobetti (24 June 1922 – 2 December 1988) was an Italian singer and jazz musician. He is mostly known for being a member of the vocal quartet Quartetto Cetra. Biography Giacobetti was a self-taught musician. He learned to pl ...

Iacopo Jacomelli Iacopo Jacomelli (born 12 July 1921) is an Italian singer mostly active in the 1940s and the 1950s. He was born in Bordeaux, France. In 1940, he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Enrico Gentile and En ...

and

Enrico Gentile Enrico Gentile (born 20 January 1921) is an Italian retired jazz and pop singer. Biography In 1940 he founded a vocal quartet named Quartetto Egie together with Tata Giacobetti, Iacopo Jacomelli, and Enrico De Angelis. They made their debut o ...

. They made their debut on 27 May 1940, at the Valle Theatre in Rome. They performed the song ''Bambina dall'abito blu'' ("little girl in a blue dress"). In a year's time, the quartet changed line-up and name twice, becoming Quartetto Ritmo first and then Quartetto Cetra. In October 1947, Enrico De Angelis left Quartetto Cetra to join the Army. He was replaced by Lucia Mannucci, a singer and the wife of

Virgilio Savona Antonio Virgilio Savona (21 December 1919 – 27 August 2009) was an Italian composer, arranger, and singer in the Italian vocal group, the Quartetto Cetra.Mario Luzzatto Fegiz, Corriere della Sera (29 August 2009)Addio a Virgilio Savona, ideo ...

. He later went on to work as a pharmaceutical entrepreneur.

Death

De Angelis died of an illness in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

on 21 August 2018, at the age of 97.

References

1920 births 2018 deaths Italian jazz musicians Male jazz musicians Quartetto Egie members Quartetto Ritmo members Quartetto Cetra members Singers from Rome 20th-century Italian male singers {{Italy-singer-stub