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'''Cesare Andrea Bixio''' (11 October 1896 – 5 March 1978) was an Italian [[composer]].
He was one of the most popular Italian songwriters of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Bixio was born in [[Naples]], [[Italy]]. His hits included [[:it:Vivere|Vivere]]; [[Mamma (song)|Mamma]]; [[Parlami d'amore Mariù|Parlami d'amore, Mariù]]; [[La mia canzone al vento]], and many others. The [[lyricist]] for many of his hits was [[Bixio Cherubini]].
Famous singers who performed Bixio's songs included [[Beniamino Gigli]], [[Tito Schipa]], [[Carlo Buti]], [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], and [[Luciano Pavarotti]].
He died in [[Rome]] in 1978, aged 81.
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[What Scoundrels Men Are!]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Haller Case]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Port (film)|Port]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Loyalty of Love]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Phantom Gondola]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Amnesiac]]'' (1936)
* ''[[It Was I!]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Abandon All Hope (film)|Abandon All Hope]]'' (1937)
* ''[[To Live (1937 film)|To Live]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Mother Song]]'' (1937)
* ''[[They've Kidnapped a Man]]'' (1938)
*''[[The House of Shame (1938 film)|The House of Shame]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Unjustified Absence]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Heartbeat (1939 film)|Heartbeat]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Who Are You? (film)|Who Are You?]]'' (1939)
* ''[[In the Country Fell a Star]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Faceless Voice (1939 film)|The Faceless Voice]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Department Store (1939 film)|Department Store]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Knight of San Marco]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Then We'll Get a Divorce]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Music on the Run]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Romulus and the Sabines (1945 film)|Romulus and the Sabines]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Eleven Men and a Ball]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Tragic Serenade]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Listen To My Song]]'' (1959)
==References==
* {{official website|www.mostra.bixio.it}}
* Liana Cellerino, C.A. Bixio. ''Parlami d'amore Mariù'', [[:it:Le Lettere|Le Lettere]], 2001, {{ISBN|88-7166-575-9}}
* Carlo e Franco Bixio, Sabina Ambrogi, ''MAMMA. Alle origini di uno stereotipo italiano'', [[:it:Donzelli Editore|Donzelli Editore]], 2007, {{ISBN|88-6036-190-7}}
* Valerio Venturi, ''Cesare Andrea Bixio. L'attività musicale di Bixio per l'industria cinematografica (1920-1945)'', 2010, {{ISBN|978-88-6292-022-3}}
* Ettore De Mura, ''[[:it:Enciclopedia della canzone napoletana|Enciclopedia della canzone napoletana]]'', [[Napoli]], Il Torchio, 1969
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