Michele Cozzoli (3 May 1915 – 31 August 1961) was an Italian composer, conductor and arranger.
Biography
Born in
Naples, Cozzoli studied piano and violin under the composer
Raffaele Caravaglios Raffaele Caravaglios (28 December 1864, in Castelvetrano – 29 November 1941, in Naples) was an Italian bandmaster.
Biography
He was born in Castelvetrano (in the province of Trapani) from Giuseppa Margiotta, a housewife and Francesco Carav ...
. After the military service, he made his professional debut as a conductor, before focusing into composing and arranging music for films and
revues.
[Riccardo Giagni. "Cozzoli, Michele". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.]
Cozzoli was also a songwriter, and some of his compositions participated to the
Festival di Napoli and to the
Sanremo Music Festival.
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Selected filmography
* '' Falsehood'' (1952)
* '' Torna!'' (1953)
* '' The White Angel'' (1955)
* '' Sunset in Naples'' (1955)
* ''Sangue di zingara
''Sangue di zingara'' ("Gipsy's blood") is a 1956 Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Maria Basaglia."Sangue di zingara". ''Segnalazioni Cinematografiche''. Vol. XL, 1956.
Cast
* Maria Piazzai as Teodora
*Eloisa Cianni as Cele ...
'' (1956)
* ''Mermaid of Naples
''Mermaid of Naples'' ( it, Maruzzella) is a 1956 Italian musical melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano.
Plot
Cast
*Marisa Allasio: Maruzzella
*Massimo Serato: Salvatore
*Yvette Lebon: Donna Carmela
* Adolfo Geri: Caputo
*Renato Caroso ...
'' (1956)
* '' Serenata a Maria'' (1957)
* '' Oh! Sabella'' (1957)
* '' Il Conte di Matera'' (1957)
* '' Cavalier in Devil's Castle'' (1959)
* '' World of Miracles'' (1959)
* '' The Pirate and the Slave Girl'' (1959)
* '' Pirates of the Coast'' (1960)
* '' Le signore'' (1960)
* ''Knight of 100 Faces
''Knight of 100 Faces'' ( it, Il cavaliere dai cento volti) is a 1960 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Pino Mercanti and starring Lex Barker and Liana Orfei.
Plot
Cast
*Lex Barker as Riccardo d'Arce
* Liana Orfei as Zuela
*Livio ...
'' (1960)
* ''Sword in the Shadows
''Sword in the Shadows'' ( it, Una spada nell'ombra) is a 1961 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Tamara Lees and Livio Lorenzon.
Plot
Cast
*Tamara Lees as Countess Ottavia della Rocca
*Livio Lorenzon as C ...
'' (1961)
* '' Guns of the Black Witch'' (1961)
References
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1915 births
1961 deaths
Musicians from Naples
20th-century Italian composers
Italian songwriters
Male songwriters
Italian music arrangers
Italian male conductors (music)
20th-century Italian conductors (music)
20th-century Italian male musicians
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