About
Carlo Zangarini (Bologna, 9 December 1873 - Bologna, 19 July 1943) was an Italian poet, librettist and director.
He was a professor of literature at the Liceo Musicale of Bologna. Author of numerous booklets, he composed part of La fanciulla del West, which was completed by Guelfo Civinini, and various librettos for Ermanno Wolf Ferrari, Riccardo Zandonai, Eugen d'Albert and others.
Among the minor works of Zangarini, but better known in popular culture, the strophe that accompanies a common commercial powder to make the water effervescent, Idrolitin, which was originally produced by a company from Bologna. "He said the innkeeper to wine you get old me / I want to marry you to the water of my bucket./ He replied the wine to the landlord: do the publications / marry the Idrolitina of cavalier Gazzoni". This little piece by Zangarini, still reproduced on the product packaging, gained notoriety especially in the years in which it was read by the speaker in radio advertising.