Schola Cantorum (Italian vocal group)
Schola Cantorum was an Italian vocal group, active between 1974 and 1980. They briefly reformed in 1995 and 2010.
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Career
The group was formed in 1974 by Ennio Melis, a producer at the record label RCA Italiana in Rome. Melis had signed many talented singers over the years, and conceived the band as a launching pad for all of them. After hiring arrangers Sergio Rendine, Paolo Dossena and Marco Luberti, the band recorded their first album, Coromagia, in 1975.[1] After taking part to the RAI musical variety Senza Rete, they got their first hit with the song "Le tre campane", a cover version of "Les trois cloches" which peaked 7th on the Italian hit parade.[1][2] In 1978 Aldo Donati and Edoardo De Angelis decided to leave the group and started successful solo careers. Following a long period on hiatus,[1][3] Schola Cantorum reformed in 1995 with a different line-up, first renaming themselves as Nova Schola Cantorum and later reprising their original name.[3]
Personnel
- Enrico "Kiko" Fusco (1974–95)
- Edoardo De Angelis (1974–78)
- Aldo Donati (1974–78)
- Eddy Viola (1974–95)
- Luisella Mantovani (1974–95)
- Gianna Giovannini (1974–95)
- Marina Arcangeli (1974–86)
- Mimi "Merrill" Gates (1974–86)
- Annie Robert (1974–80)
- Alberto Cheli (1978–95)
- Stefania La Fauci (1993–95)
Discography
- Albums
- 1975 – Coromagia (RCA Italiana TPL 1–1108)
- 1975 – Le tre campane (RCA Italiana TPL 1–1182)
- 1976 – Coromagia vol. 2 (RCA Italiana TPL 1–1217)
- 1979 – Il mondo in tasca (RCA Italiana PL-31454)
- 1995 – Schola Cantorum (BMG, 8027428000377)
- 2010 – Ora (Helikonia)
References
- Ernesto Bassignano. "Schola Cantorum". Gino Castaldo (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
- Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
- Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
External links
- Schola Cantorum discography at Discogs