Armando Fragna
| Armando Fragna | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 August 1898 Torre Annunziata, Naples |
| Died |
15 August 1972 (aged 74) Livorno |
Armando Fragna (2 August 1898 - 15 August 1972) was an Italian composer, conductor and musician.
Life and career
Born in Torre Annunziata, Naples, at just 18 years old Fragna started a long collaboration with Ettore Petrolini as the score composer of his theatrical works.[1][2] In 1930 he started a career as a film score composer.[1][2] In 1942 he entered EIAR as the conductor of its "Orchestra Nostrana".[2] He also composed several pop songs, and two of them entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival.[1] Among his most successful songs, "I pompieri di Viggiù" and "I cadetti di Guascogna".[1]
Selected filmography
- The Haller Case (1933)
- Those Two (1935)
- The Phantom Gondola (1936)
- Red Tavern (1940)
- The Firemen of Viggiù (1949)
- Totò Tarzan (1950)
- Il Conte di Sant'Elmo (1950)
- Il padrone del vapore (1951)
- Toto the Third Man (1951)
- Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
- Inganno (1952)