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Francesco Paolo Tosti(1846-1916)

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  • Writer
  • Composer
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Francesco Paolo Tosti was born on 9 April 1846 in Ortona, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a writer and composer, known for Because of Him (1946), Ritorna all'onda (1914) and The Great Caruso (1951). He died on 2 December 1916 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornApril 9, 1846
DiedDecember 2, 1916(70)
BornApril 9, 1846
DiedDecember 2, 1916(70)
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Known for

Charles Laughton, Deanna Durbin, and Franchot Tone in Because of Him (1946)
Because of Him
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 1946
Elvira Notari in Ritorna all'onda (1914)
Ritorna all'onda
Short
  • Writer
  • 1914
Ann Blyth and Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso (1951)
The Great Caruso
6.5
  • Music Department(as Tosti)
  • 1951
Marechiaro (1949)
Marechiaro
6.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 1949

Credits

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Music Department

  • Joseph Calleja: A Tribute to Mario Lanza
    Video
    • song: 'A Vucchella
    • 2013
  • Concerto per il 140° Anniversario della Nascita di Francesco Paolo Tosti
    TV Special
    • music by
    • 1987
  • Ann Blyth and Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso (1951)
    The Great Caruso
    6.5
    • with the music of (as Tosti)
    • 1951

Writer

  • Elvira Notari in Ritorna all'onda (1914)
    Ritorna all'onda
    Short
    • story
    • 1914

Composer

  • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
    Live from Lincoln Center
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1978

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Tosti
  • Born
    • April 9, 1846
    • Ortona, Abruzzo, Italy
  • Died
    • December 2, 1916
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy

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