Francesco Paolo Tosti

Aliases: Paolo Tosti
Born: April 9, 1846
Died: December 2, 1916
Country: Italy
IPI: 00030900035 12 works
Comments: Italian, later British, composer and music teacher born in Ortona. In 1875 Tosti travelled to London and made several powerful friends who introduced him to the highest levels of English society. In 1880 he was made singing master to the Royal Family. His fame as a composer of songs grew rapidly while he was in England. There was an enormous demand for his compositions. By 1885 he was the most popular composer of songs in England. Tosti took British nationality and was knighted.

Songs written by Francesco Paolo Tosti

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Addio	[Traditional], Francesco Paolo Tosti			Covered by (17 artists)
Aprile	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Rocco Pagliara			Covered by (4 artists)
'A vucchella	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Gabriele D'Annunzio	Enrico Caruso	1919	Covered by (9 artists)
Chanson de l'adieu	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Edmond Haraucourt	Charles Gilibert	1903	Unverified
Ideale	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Carmelo Errico	Jussi Björling - Orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius	September 5, 1937	Covered by (8 artists)
L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra	[Traditional], Francesco Paolo Tosti, Gabriele D'Annunzio	Enrico Caruso	April 15, 1917	Covered by (7 artists)
La mia canzone	[Traditional], Francesco Paolo Tosti, Francesco Cimmino	Enrico Caruso	1919	Covered by Mario Lanza
La serenata	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo			Covered by (6 artists)
L'ultima canzone	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Francesco Cimmino			Covered by (7 artists)
Malia	[Traditional], Francesco Paolo Tosti, Rocco Pagliara			Covered by (5 artists)
Marechiare	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Salvatore Di Giacomo			Covered by (14 artists)
Mattinata	[Traditional], Francesco Paolo Tosti, Enrico Panzacchi			Covered by (2 artists)
Segreto	[Traditional], Francesco Paolo Tosti, Lorenzo Stecchetti			Covered by (2 artists)
Sogno	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Lorenzo Stecchetti			Covered by (4 artists)
Vorrei morire!	Francesco Paolo Tosti, Leonardo Cognetti			Covered by (5 artists)