Carlo or Camillo Bargoni, an Italian composer, is best known for his “Concerto d’Otono” (Autumn Concerto). It was a “pocket concerto” in the manner of the “Warsaw Concerto” by Richard Adddinsell. Written in 1956, it was first was heard on the BBC, performed by Alberto Semprini in 1957. It also became popular as the song “And that reminds me” or “My heart reminds me” with lyrics by Albert Stillman and Paul Siegel. Della Reese recorded the first English version in 1957, and it proved to be the song that gave her stardom. Bargoni wrote some 15 songs, recorded in three languages, but the one that appears often in compilations and that has been recorded by many top artists is “Autumn Concerto” and its song version.

David Cowan Barker was born on March 21, 1831, in Bolton, England.

He was a Montreal Iron and Metal merchant.

In 1858, he married Annie Jackson Ferguson (1837–1865) and, in 1867, he remarried Mary Jane Hobson (1844–1906). He died on September 14, 1909, in Montreal, Quebec.