Lucio Quarantotto (29 April 1957 – 31 July 2012) was an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for "

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", to music composed by Francesco Sartori for

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing " Il mare calmo della sera". Since 1994, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo st ...

. The song was also recorded as a duet entitled "Time to Say Goodbye" by Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.

Biography

Quarantotto also wrote the lyrics for " Canto della Terra" and "Immenso", with music again by Sartori. Both were recorded by Bocelli in his 1999 album '' Sogno'' and " Mille Lune Mille Onde", for his 2001 album '' Cieli di Toscana''. "Canto della Terra" was also later recorded as a duet between Bocelli and Brightman in 2007. Sartori and Quarantotto, working for Sugar Music, composed much of Bocelli's pop repertoire. Quarantotto committed suicide on 31 July 2012 by jumping from a window of his sixth-floor apartment.

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* 1957 births 2012 suicides 2012 deaths Italian composers Italian male composers Suicides by jumping in Italy 20th-century Italian musicians 20th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub