Cesare Andrea Bixio – Wikipedia

Cesare Andrea Bixio (Naples, 11 October 1896 – Rome, March 5, 1978) was an Italian composer of Neapolitan and light music, author of soundtracks for theater, cinema, radio and television.
He has composed more than 500 songs and 150 soundtracks from 1909.

Among its most important successes must be counted: Just for you Lucia , Tell Me About Love Mariù , Bring me many roses , Violin tuzigano , The tango of the capinere , Live , Mother , Three rundinelle , Sing if you want to sing it , Happy New Year good luck , The organic waltz , Let me sing a song, the road in the woods.

The father, Carlo Bixio, was a Genoese engineer, while his mother, Anna Vilone, was a Neapolitan. Cesare Andrea was the great -grandson of General Nino Bixio. After the death of his father in 1903, he was directed by his mother to scientific studies, in order to undertake the path of engineering studies. Bixio showed early musical talent. Self -taught piano player, at thirteen years of age Sunno ‘and fantasy . After composing his first song, he gained knowledge with Mimì Maggio, a singer highly appreciated in the Neapolitan bourgeoisie of the ten years of the twentieth century.

For May, Bixio wrote Sing May , song that was inserted in the show that the artist held in the Iride room in Piazza della Railway in Naples. With this song, Bixio earned six lire, his first compensation, and he was able to meet other characters from the Neapolitan music scene such as Elvira Donnarumma, Pasquariello, Gino Franzi, Ernesto De Curtis, Eduardo di Capua, Enrico Canino, Salvatore Gambardella. He also came into contact with some poets, including Salvatore Di Giacomo, Libero Bovio, Ernesto Murolo and Rocco Galdieri.

Starting from 1916 Bixio enrolled in the Italian company Authors and publishers: he composed Girl , song then launched by Gino Franzi and Luciano Molinari, achieving good success. Meanwhile, Bixio opened an editorial activity, founding in Naples in 1920 the C.A. Bixio , which in 1923 moved to Milan, first in Corso Vittorio Emanuele 8 and later in a prestigious headquarters in the Galleria del Corso 2. After the Second World War, a headquarters in Rome was also inaugurated. Among his major successes are to be remembered: Live , Mine , Violin tuzigano , of which he was the author together with Bixio Cherubini. He had three children Carlo, Andrea and Franco. His son Carlo Andrea Bixio was an creator and producer.

The merit of Bixio was that of knowing how to propose a repertoire in Italian to singers of light music and songs that were based until then mainly on French compositions or on traditional dialectal music. In 1918 he composed They called her Cosetta , and in 1921 Filava Filava , by himself interpreted to the theater The Phoenix of Naples. To the The Phoenix He met the singer Gabrè (pseudonym of the lawyer Aurelio Cimato); The latter, after being written by the Apollo Theater in Milan, asked Bixio to compose a song for him. Bixio wrote Female , Caterina , Dance as you know how to dance , They called her baby .

The work carried out for Gabrè had great resonance: the Editore Carisch of Milan wanted to enter into a distribution contract with the Bixio publishing house for the figure, then fabulous, of sixty -four thousand lire. From Paris, actress Mis disagreement went to Milan to ask Bixio to write the songs for Paris that shines , his new 1931 magazine scheduled at Casino De Paris. For the French public, Bixio therefore composed Nanou , In the Bouges at night , This tender song , Ulcer and the French version of the famous The tango of the capinere Composed in 1928 for Gabrè.

It was important, in the second half of the 1920s, the meeting with the lyricist, but also a composer, Bixio Cherubini with whom he wrote Tango delle Capinere , The song of love , Trotta Cavallino , Violin tuzigano , My song in the wind and especially, Mother , thus writing famous arias for the songs of the singing stars of the moment such as Carlo Buti, Luciano Tajoli, Silvana Fioresi, Oscar Carboni, Beniaminino Gigli and Natalino Otto.

The compositions for the Casino de Paris were very successful, so much so that Bixio was scripted by the Folies Bergère and by another famous French “lookout” of the time, Lys Gauty, for which he transcribed the famous song Tell Me About Love Mariù he had composed for Vittorio De Sica’s voice in the Mario Camerini film of 1932 Men, who mascalzoni … . Mariut It was the diminutive of Mary, Bixio’s wife, and the song is dedicated to her ^[first] . In the French version it became The passing barrier , which was also added in a version of the film The Atalante of the director Jean Vigo; On the wave of these successes he founded the French branch of his publishing house in Paris.

In 1930 Bixio composed the soundtrack of the first Italian sound film: The song of love , directed by Gennaro Righelli for the Chines by Stefano Pittaluga and played by Dria Paola and Elio Steiner; For this film, Bixio also wrote the song-test Just for you Lucia , achieving great success. In 1932 Bixio began the success of Just for you Lucia writing what has become his most famous song, the famous Tell Me About Love Mariù , destined for the film Men, who mascalzoni … by Mario Camerini and played by Vittorio De Sica and Lya Franca.

Among the other compositions of Bixio for the cinema, we can mention

In addition to the work for the cinema, Bixio also composed for numerous magazines, including “Allegro”, “Blonde on the cover”, “Burlesco”, and for the musical comedy “The Prince Charming” by Sabatino Lopez. The latter was staged, in October 1957, in the theater of the Milan masks owned by Bixio himself. The theatrical work earned him two “silver mask-annual prize of the magazine” for the seasons 1946-1947 and 1947-1948.

In 1953 Bixio participated in the Sanremo Festival with Let me sing a song , played by Achille Togliani, arriving third. The following year for the Naples Festival he composed Three Rondinelle , ranking second, and in 1957 with Happy New Year … good luck He won song. In those years he also won the “Rai Prize 10 Love songs to be saved” (April-July 1952) and the “Rai 10 Gaie songs to save” (April-July 1953), both assigned by the listeners of the national radio and television station . On September 2, 1962 he was awarded the “Igea Musicale Prize” in Acqui Terme, while in 1966 he received the “50th year of author” prize from the hands of Giuseppe Saragat.

To these are added the “Euterpe d’oro author prize” (March 22, 1969), the “CYMPUATE ROMA CAMPOGLIO Award” (30 June 1975), the “EUR” 1976 Prize of the Municipality of Rome, the “SIAE Award for the twenty years Activities carried out in the corporate bodies “(March 10, 1976), the” Prize to the author of the Targa d’Oro “of Ischia (June 7, 1976), the” Riccione show “1976. Furthermore, it ranked first to the events” It was once a festival “and at the 7th Italian song festival in Switzerland. Throughout his life he was part of the SIAE as a member of the Music Section Commission, as the auditor for the Board of Directors and as a councilor of the foundation of the Pension Cassa.

In addition, he founded Sedrim (company for the exercise of mechanical reproduction rights, another association of record category), was president of the National Association of Audiovisual Film Industries (Anica). He was also founder and president of the Italian Editorial Association of Film Music (Aniem), part of the Anica, and was vice -president of the Confederation International des Societes d’Auteurs et compositeurs; He was a member of the International Council of the Bureau International de L’Edition Mecanique (Biem) and the Italian Music Editori Union (Unemi). He died in Rome on March 5, 1978, at the age of 81.

• The song of love , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1930)
• Men, who mascalzoni … , directed by Mario Camerini (1932)
• The Haller case , directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1933)
• Does the Lord want? , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1933)
• Dad’s employee , directed by Alessandro Blasetti (1933)
• The song of the sun , Regia in Max Neufeld (1933)
• The muscle lord of the bus , directed by Nunzio Malasomma
• The legacy of the uncle good soul , directed by Hamlet Palermo
• The Sonagli snake , directed by Raffaello Matarazzo (1935)
• The air of the continent , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1935)
• Harbor , directed by Hamlet Palermo (1935)
• The Gondola delle Chruna , directed by Augusto Genina (1936)
• I do not know you anymore , directed by Nunzio Malasomma (1936)
• Think about it, Giacomino! , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1936)
• Felicita Colombo , directed by Mario Mattoli (1937)
• Cat cats us , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1937)
• The man who smiles , directed by Mario Mattoli
• Abandon all hope , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1937)
• Live! , directed by Guido Brignone (1938)
• Mutterlied , directed by Carmine Gallone (1937)
• To your orders, lady … , directed by Mario Mattoli (1938)
• My love does not die! , directed by Giuseppe Amato (1938)
• The house of sin , Regia in Max Neufeld (1938)
• Who is happier than me? , directed by Guido Brignone (1938)
• We were 7 sisters , directed by Nunzio Malasomma (1938)
• Fireworks , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
• They kidnapped a man , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
• Destiny in your pocket , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
• The cheerful singer , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
• The last scugnizzo , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
• Marionette , directed by Carmine Gallone (1938)
• My wife has fun , directed by Paul Verhoeven (1938) also the German version, Our little woman
• Only for you , directed by Carmine Gallone (1938)
• It was me! , directed by Raffaello Materazzo (1938)
• The faceless voice , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1938)
• Unjustified absence , Regia in Max Neufeld (1939)
• Spinish , directed by Mario Camerini (1939)
• Who are you? , directed by Gino Valori (1939)
• The department stores , directed by Mario Camerini (1939)
• The Knight of San Marco , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1939)
• Sing with me! , directed by Guido Brignone (1940)
• After we will divorce , directed by Nunzio Malasomma (1940)
• The pirate is me! , directed by Mario Mattoli (1940)
• A star fell in the countryside , directed by Eduardo De Filippo (1940)
• Mother , directed by Guido Brignone (1940)
• Do not tell me! , directed by Mario Mattoli (1940)
• San Giovanni Decollato , directed by Hamlet Palermo (1940)
• An impossible family , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1940)
• The Tramp , directed by Carlo Borghesio (1941)
• Two voices escape , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1942)
• The tame bisbetics , directed by Ferdinando Maria Poggioli (1942)
• Silence, turn around! , directed by Carlo Campogalliani (1943)
• The story of a stain , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1943)
• My wife’s boyfriend , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1943)
• The lady in black , directed by Nunzio Malasomma (1943)
• The meat and the soul by Vladimir Strilževskij (1945) (also song “that care”))
• Professor Trombone , directed by Mario Bonnard (1945)
• Hello, who is speaking? , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1945)
• Back to Sorrento , directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1945)
• If you want to enjoy life … , directed by Riccardo Cassano (1945)
• I lower the wealth! , directed by Gennaro Righelli (1946)
• 11 men and a ball , directed by Giorgio Simonelli (1948)
• Boat , directed by Paolo William Tamburella (1950)
• Award license , Regia in Max Neufeld (1951)
• Tragic serenade , directed by Giuseppe Guarino (1951)
• The two derelitti , directed by Flavio Calzavara (1951)
• The song of the heart , directed by Carlo Campogalliani (1955)
• Rock ‘n Roll , directed by Vittorio De Sisti (1978)

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