Teodoro Cottrau

Teodoro Cottrau (7 December 1827, in Naples – 30 March 1879, in Naples) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician. He specialised in "folksy" Neapolitan songs. His arrangement of Santa Lucia was published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley. French composer and musicologist Guillaume Louis Cottrau was his father.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 7, 1827 (Naples), Died March 30, 1879 (Naples)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1938

Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger, composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 31 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	1617	7-in.	11/17/1896	Santa Lucia	Ferruccio Giannini	Tenor vocal solo	arranger
Berliner	0570	7-in.	10/7/1899	Santa Lucia	Ferruccio Giannini	Tenor vocal solo	arranger
Victor	BVE-1916	10-in.	5/25/1926	Santa Lucia	Emilio de Gogorza	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-1916	10-in.	11/9/1904	Santa Lucia	Emilio de Gogorza	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-10533	10-in.	6/14/1911	Santa Lucia	Reed Miller	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-14454	10-in.	2/16/1914	Addio a Napoli	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	BVE-14454	10-in.	7/9/1926	Addio a Napole	Neapolitan Trio	Instrumental trio	arranger
Victor	B-15852	10-in.	4/1/1915	Santa Lucia	Espana Trio	Instrumental trio, with bells	arranger
Victor	B-16469	10-in.	9/10/1915	Santa Lucia	George Hamlin	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	C-17344	12-in.	3/20/1916	Santa Lucia	Enrico Caruso	Tenor vocal solo, with mandolin and orchestra	arranger
Victor	C-17363	12-in.	3/23/1916	Songs of the past, no. 13	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	arranger
Victor	B-23140	10-in.	9/8/1919	L'addio a Napoli	Enrico Caruso	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-37835	10-in.	2/23/1927	Addio a Napoli	Beniamino Gigli	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	1694	10-in.	ca. 1903	Addio mia bella napoli	Alberto De Bassini	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	38381	10-in.	10/25/1912	Santa Lucia	Reed Miller	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Columbia	45937	10-in.	8/11/1915	Santa Lucia	Dorothy Cummings ; Grace Kerns ; Mildred Potter	Female vocal trio, with orchestra	arranger
Columbia	46718	10-in.	4/17/1916	Santa Lucia	Prince's Orchestra	Orchestra	arranger
Columbia	47370	10-in.	2/13/1917	Santa Lucia	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	arranger
Columbia	47377	10-in.	2/15/1917	Santa Lucia	Giuseppe Agostini	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Columbia	77059	10-in.	5/15/1917	Santa Lucia	Bernardo Di Pace ; Nino Di Pace	Guitar and mandolin duet, unaccompanied	arranger
Columbia	77827	10-in.	5/17/1918	Santa Lucia	Frank Ferera ; Irene Greenus ; Helen Louise	Instrumental trio	arranger
Columbia	78100	10-in.	10/5/1918	Santa Lucia	Riccardo Stracciari	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Brunswick	15166-15167	10-in.	3/13/1925	Addio a Napoli	Friedrich Schorr	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	551	Not documented	approximately Feb. 1911	Fenesta che lucive	Eduardo De Bury	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2082	10-in.	1/7/1913	Santa Lucia	Paul Dufault	Tenor vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer

(Results 1-25 of 31 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cottrau, Teodoro," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110152.

Cottrau, Teodoro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110152.

"Cottrau, Teodoro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.

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Teodoro Cottrau

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