Not only did Mancini produce arrangements for the Stanley Theatre bands, but he also wrote one for Benny Goodman, an up-and-coming bandleader introduced to him by Adkins. He later studied piano and orchestral arrangement under Pittsburgh concert pianist and Stanley Theatre (now Benedum Center) conductor Max Adkins. DeMille film The Crusades inspired him to pursue film music composition despite his father's wishes for him to become a teacher. Īt age eight, Mancini began learning the piccolo. His mother Anna ( née Pece) came to the U.S.
Originally from Scanno, Abruzzo, his father Quintiliano "Quinto" Mancini was a laborer at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company and amateur musician who first came to the U.S. Both his parents were Italian immigrants. Henry Mancini was born Enrico Nicola Mancini in Maple Heights, Ohio, and raised in West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. 1 hit single during the rock era on the Hot 100: his arrangement and recording of the " Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" spent two weeks at the top, starting with the week ending June 28, 1969. Mancini enjoyed a long collaboration in composing film scores for the film director Blake Edwards. The Music from Peter Gunn won the inaugural Grammy Award for Album of the Year. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the Peter Gunn television series as well as the music for The Pink Panther film series (" The Pink Panther Theme") and " Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. Henry Mancini ( / m æ n ˈ s iː n i/ man- SEE-nee born Enrico Nicola Mancini, Italian: Ap– June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist.
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