Quartetto Cetra
Quartetto Cetra (Italian for 'Cithara Quartet'; pronounced [kwarˈtetto ˈtʃeːtra]) was an Italian jazz vocal quartet established during the early 1940s and active until 1988.[1]
Career
The band was based on the
In October 1947, Enrico De Angelis left the group to join the Army and was replaced by singer
Quartetto Cetra made their stage debut in Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini's Gran Baldoria review in 1951 at Teatro Nuovo in Milan. This was the first of several musical comedies the group would be involved with. On stage, the Cetras worked with other Italian celebrities such Wanda Osiris and Alberto Sordi.
When Italian television started broadcasting in 1954, Quartetto Cetra made its first domestic television appearance on In quattro si viaggia meglio ("You travel better when you're four"). They had appeared on British television in 1948 in Café Continental. With time the group worked on other TV programmes, including parodies of novels such as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
The quartet's early style resembled the Mills Brothers' with
Members
- Felice Chiusano (†1990)[3] – vocals, drums (1941–1988)
- Tata Giacobetti (†1988)[4] – vocals, double bass (1941–1988)
- Lucia Mannucci (†2012)[5] – vocals (1947–1988)
- Virgilio Savona (†2009)[6] – vocals, piano (1941–1988)
- Enrico De Angelis (†2018)[7] – vocals (1941–1947)
Discography
- 1955 - I successi internazionali del Quartetto Cetra (Cetra, LPA 16)
- 1955 - Lettere dal Sud America (Cetra, LPA 40)
- 1956 - Le canzoni del festival di Sanremo 1956 viste dal Quartetto Cetra (Cetra, LPA 58)
- 1957 - Le canzoni del festival di Sanremo 1957 viste dal Quartetto Cetra (Cetra, LPA 99)
- 1957 - Hot Club per otto (Cetra, LPA 107)
- 1961 - Il Quartetto Cetra alla TV (Dischi Ricordi, MRL 6011)
- 1962 - Quartetto Cetra (Dischi Ricordi, MRL 6014)
- 1962 - Le favole del Juke-Box (Dischi Ricordi) MRL 6024
- 1967 - Ieri oggi (CBS, 62995)
- 1968 - Non cantare, spara (CBS, 63325)
- 1971 - Un LP per te (Carosello Records, CLN 25014)
- 2006 - Il quartetto Cetra (Twilight Music, TWI CD AS 06 28)
- 2009 - Tutto Cetra - Un bacio a mezzanotte (Rhino Records, 5051865-6726-5-4)
Bibliography
- Virgilio Savona, Gli indimenticabili Cetra, Sperling & Kupfer, Milan, 1992
- Matteo Ceschi, Singing What We Were to Know What We Are: The Quartetto Cetra and National History in Italian TV Entertainment, conference paper, London, 2009[8]
References
- ^ "√ Biografia di Quartetto Cetra | le ultime news, concerti e testi".
- ^ ISBN 978-1-5275-2202-2. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Felice Chiusano Discogs bio
- ^ Tata Giacobetti Discogs bio
- ^ Lucia Mannucci Discogs bio
- ^ Antonio Virgilio Savona Discogs bio
- ^ Enrico De Angelis – Scheda defunto (in Italian)
- ^ Ceschi, Matteo. "Singing What We Were to Know What We Are: The Quartetto Cetra and National History in Italian TV Entertainment". Academia.[unreliable source?]
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