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'''Roberto Pregadio''' (December 6, 1928 – November 15, 2010) was an Italian composer, conductor and TV-personality.


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Born in [[Catania]] and graduated in piano at the Conservatory of [[Naples]], in 1960 Pregadio became a pianist in the [[RAI TV|RAI]] Light Music Orchestra.<ref name=addio>{{cite web|last=Eva Carducci|title=Il mondo dello spettacolo in lutto: addio al Maestro Roberto Pregadio|url=http://www.ecodelcinema.com/il-mondo-dello-spettacolo-in-lutto-addio-al-maestro-roberto-pregadio.htm|publisher=Eco del Cinema|accessdate=3 December 2011|date=15 November 2010}}</ref> From the second half of the sixties, for about fifteen years old, he composed and directed about fifty musical scores.
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}}'''Roberto Pregadio''' (6 December 1928 – 15 November 2010) was an Italian composer, conductor and TV-personality.


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Born in [[Catania]] and graduated in piano at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in [[Naples]], in 1960 Pregadio became a pianist in the [[RAI TV|RAI]] Light Music Orchestra.<ref name=curcio>Enzo Giannelli. "Pregadio, Roberto". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. p. 1388.</ref><ref name=addio>{{cite web|last=Eva Carducci|title=Il mondo dello spettacolo in lutto: addio al Maestro Roberto Pregadio|url=http://www.ecodelcinema.com/il-mondo-dello-spettacolo-in-lutto-addio-al-maestro-roberto-pregadio.htm|publisher=Eco del Cinema|accessdate=3 December 2011|date=15 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407073507/http://www.ecodelcinema.com/il-mondo-dello-spettacolo-in-lutto-addio-al-maestro-roberto-pregadio.htm|archivedate=7 April 2012}}</ref> From the second half of the sixties, for about fifteen years, he composed and directed about fifty musical scores. In the 1980s he founded a jazz ensamble, the Sestetto Swing di Roma.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |last1=Gallo |first1=Tano |title=Pregadio, ultimo applauso per il maestro degli stonati |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/11/16/pregadio-ultimo-applauso-per-il-maestro-degli.html |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=[[La Repubblica]] |date=16 November 2010 |language=it}}</ref>
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His soundtracks includes ''[[The Last Killer]]'', ''[[Ben and Charlie]]'', ''[[Mondo Cannibale]]'', ''[[SS Experiment Camp]]'', ''[[The Last House on the Beach]]'', ''[[Kriminal (film)|Kriminal]]''. As composer he was probably best known for the whistled musical score for the [[spaghetti western]] ''[[The Forgotten Pistolero]]'', that he composed with [[Franco Micalizzi]] and that was later used in several episodes of ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' and in a 1999 episode of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.


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As composer he was probably best known for the whistled musical score for the 1969 [[Spaghetti Western]] ''[[The Forgotten Pistolero]]'', that he composed with [[Franco Micalizzi]] and that was later used in several episodes of ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]''.
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In Italy he was also well known as the partner of [[Corrado Mantoni]], from 1968 to 1997, and later of [[Gerry Scotti]] until 2007, in the radio and TV show ''La corrida''.<ref name=addio/>

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In Italy he was also well known as the partner of [[Corrado Mantoni]], from 1968 to 1997, and later of [[Gerry Scotti]] until 2007, in the radio and TV show ''La corrida''.<ref name=addio/><ref name="curcio" /><ref name="bio" />

== Selected filmography==
[[File:Orchestra RAI diretta dal Maestro Roberto Pregadio.jpg|thumb|right|The RAI Orchestra directed by Master Roberto Pregadio (first from right)]]
* ''[[Kriminal (film)|Kriminal]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Our Men in Bagdad]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Glass Sphinx]]'' (1967)
* ''[[The Last Killer]]'' (1967)
* ''[[A Hole in the Forehead]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Ciccio Forgives, I Don't]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Kong Island|King of Kong Island]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Brutti di notte]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Satanik (film)|Satanik]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Forgotten Pistolero]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Paths of War]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Erika (film)|Erika]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Smile Before Death]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Death Carries a Cane]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Catene (1974 film)|Catene]]'' (1974)
* ''[[La minorenne]]'' (1974)
* ''[[So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...]]'' (1975)
* ''[[That Malicious Age]]'' (1975)
* ''[[SS Experiment Camp]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Il medico... la studentessa]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Seagulls Fly Low]]'' (1978)
* ''[[The Last House on the Beach]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Mondo Cannibale]]'' (1980)


== References ==
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* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Roberto+Pregadio Roberto Pregadio] at [[Discogs]]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Roberto+Pregadio Roberto Pregadio] at [[Discogs]]


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| DATE OF BIRTH = December 6, 1928
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Catania, Italy
| DATE OF DEATH = November 15, 2010
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Latest revision as of 08:33, 30 September 2024

Roberto Pregadio
Born(1928-12-06)6 December 1928
Catania
Died15 November 2010(2010-11-15) (aged 81)
Rome
Occupationcomposer

Roberto Pregadio (6 December 1928 – 15 November 2010) was an Italian composer, conductor and TV-personality.

Born in Catania and graduated in piano at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, in 1960 Pregadio became a pianist in the RAI Light Music Orchestra.[1][2] From the second half of the sixties, for about fifteen years, he composed and directed about fifty musical scores. In the 1980s he founded a jazz ensamble, the Sestetto Swing di Roma.[3]

As composer he was probably best known for the whistled musical score for the 1969 Spaghetti Western The Forgotten Pistolero, that he composed with Franco Micalizzi and that was later used in several episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show.

In Italy he was also well known as the partner of Corrado Mantoni, from 1968 to 1997, and later of Gerry Scotti until 2007, in the radio and TV show La corrida.[2][1][3]

Selected filmography

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The RAI Orchestra directed by Master Roberto Pregadio (first from right)

References

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  1. ^ a b Enzo Giannelli. "Pregadio, Roberto". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. p. 1388.
  2. ^ a b Eva Carducci (15 November 2010). "Il mondo dello spettacolo in lutto: addio al Maestro Roberto Pregadio". Eco del Cinema. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b Gallo, Tano (16 November 2010). "Pregadio, ultimo applauso per il maestro degli stonati". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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