Teodoro Cottrau

Teodoro Cottrau (7 December 1827 – 30 March 1879) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician.^[1] He specialised in "folksy" Neapolitan songs.^[2]

Teodoro Cottrau
Born	7 December 1827 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died	March 30, 1879(1879-03-30) (aged 51) Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Father	Guillaume Louis Cottrau

His arrangement of "Santa Lucia" was published in 1850 and recorded among others by Enrico Caruso and Elvis Presley.^[3]

Cottrau was the son of French composer and musicologist Guillaume Louis Cottrau.