Teodoro Cottrau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Teodoro Cottrau

Italian composer, poet and writer

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1827

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1879

Profession: writer, composer, poet, songwriter, lyricist, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Teodoro Cottrau (7 December 1827 in Naples – 30 March 1879 in Naples) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician.
He specialised in "folksy" Neapolitan songs.His arrangement of Santa Lucia was published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley.French composer and musicologist Guillaume Louis Cottrau was his father.