Lucia Mannucci (18 May 1920 – 7 March 2012)
– accessed 13 March 2012 was an Italian singer, best known as one of the singers of
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' first names: En ...
, an
Italian
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vocal quartet.
Born in
Bologna
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,
Emilia-Romagna
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,
Italy
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,
Mannucci relocated to
Milan
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at a young age. She attended the Art of Movement school directed by Carla Strauss. She successfully auditioned for EIAR, the Italian national radio broadcasting company, and worked as a singer for various radio orchestras. She toured Italy for some years, working with such entertainers as
Gorni Kramer
Francesco Kramer Gorni (22 July 1913 – 26 October 1995), known as Gorni Kramer, was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader.
Biography
He was born Francesco Kramer Gorni in Rivarolo Mantovano, Lombardy. Despite the exotic sound of ...
,
Natalino Otto, and the Quartetto Cetra.
On 19 August 1944, she married
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, ideolo ...
, one of the singers of the Quartetto Cetra.
Three years later, she also joined the quartet, replacing
Enrico De Angelis.
Mannucci was the only female member of Quartetto Cetra, but she also had a successful career as a solo singer. Besides working with Quartetto Cetra, Mannucci pursued a solo career as a singer, musical actress, and TV show hostess. She and her husband also did research on folk music.
Mannucci died in March 2012 in Milan, aged 91.
References
External links
Lucia Mannucci's obituary
1920 births
2012 deaths
Singers from Bologna
Italian women jazz singers
20th-century Italian women singers
Quartetto Cetra members
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