Lucio Quarantotto (29 April 1957 – 31 July 2012) was an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for " Con te partirò", to music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli. 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. [1]
Quarantotto committed suicide on 31 July 2012 by jumping from a window of his sixth-floor apartment. [2]
References
- ^ Worden, Mark - Sugar's Label and Publishing Rosters Are Rich With Talent. Billboard Magazine, January 18, 2003
- ^ "Italian Music Community Shocked by Death of Talented Songwriter Lucio Quarantotto". ITALY Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
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Lucio Quarantotto (29 April 1957 – 31 July 2012) was an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for " Con te partirò", to music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli. 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. [1]
Quarantotto committed suicide on 31 July 2012 by jumping from a window of his sixth-floor apartment. [2]
References
- ^ Worden, Mark - Sugar's Label and Publishing Rosters Are Rich With Talent. Billboard Magazine, January 18, 2003
- ^ "Italian Music Community Shocked by Death of Talented Songwriter Lucio Quarantotto". ITALY Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
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| National | |
| Artists | |
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