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Teodoro Cottrau

Born: 7th December 1827, Naples, Italy

Died: 30th March 1879, Naples, Italy

Nationality: Italian

Teodoro Cottrau was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician. He specialised in Neapolitan folk songs.

The son of French composer and musicologist Guillaume Louis Cottrau, he is best known for his arrangement of "Santa Lucia", published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley.

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