A Santa Cecilia Radaelli, Luigi Sbraccia, B.

A Santa Cecilia by: Luigi Radaelli arr: B. Sbraccia

Original Copyright: 1909 By: O. Pagano & Bro.

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Rad

aelli

, Lui

gi

D

OB

: 18

64 (M

onza

, Ita

ly)

D

OD

: 19

28 (I

taly

)

Luig

i Rad

aelli

was

bor

n in

Mon

za, I

taly

. A

fter s

tudy

ing

mus

ic p

rivat

ely,

he

was

an

orga

nist

, pia

nist

, cho

ir di

rect

or, a

nd d

irect

or o

f the

ban

d in

M

onza

. A

s a

pian

ist,

he p

erfo

rmed

freq

uent

ly fo

r the

Ital

ian

king

at h

is

villa

. In

190

2, h

e be

gan

a 25

-yea

r ten

ure

as d

irect

or o

f the

ban

d in

S

an G

iova

nni i

n Le

cco.

He

also

dire

cted

ban

ds in

Cal

olzi

o an

d C

ivat

e an

d th

e C

oral

e di

Ran

cio

in L

ecco

. H

e is

the

com

pose

r of m

asse

s,

mot

ets,

and

num

erou

s pi

eces

of m

usic

for p

lect

rum

inst

rum

ents

.

Sbra

ccia

, Ber

ardo

D

OB

: 185

8 (T

eram

o, It

aly)

DO

D:

1936

(San

rem

o, It

aly)

B

erar

do (o

r Ber

nard

o) S

brac

cia

was

bor

n in

Ter

amo,

Ital

y. H

e w

as a

pr

ofes

sor o

f cla

rinet

and

dire

cted

sev

eral

ban

ds in

Bie

lla.

With

thes

e ba

nds,

he

prod

uced

a s

erie

s of

Con

certi

Sbr

acci

a w

hich

wer

e pr

esen

ted

in v

ario

us lo

catio

ns o

n B

iella

.

In 1

897,

Sbr

acci

a im

mig

rate

d to

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

Dur

ing

his

29

year

s re

side

nce

in th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s, h

e w

as a

ctiv

e as

a b

and

and

orch

estra

dire

ctor

and

he

oper

ated

hi

s ow

n m

usic

stu

dio

in U

nion

City

, New

Yor

k. H

e al

so w

as c

ondu

ctor

of t

he W

est H

obok

en (N

ew

Jers

ey) P

hilh

arm

onic

Orc

hest

ra.

In 1

927,

Sbr

acci

a re

turn

ed to

Ital

y an

d, fr

om M

ay u

ntil

Dec

embe

r of

that

yea

r, le

d th

e ba

nd in

Sor

devo

lo.

He

died

in S

anre

mo,

Ital

y.

A

San

ta C

ecili

a(m

arch

, Ita

lian)

was

pub

lishe

d in

190

9 by

O. P

agan

o &

Bro

. C

ompo

sed

by R

adae

lli

and

arra

nged

by

Sbr

acci

a, th

e m

arch

is c

ompo

sed

arou

nd a

hym

n. S

t. C

ecili

a is

the

patro

n of

mus

ic.

Pro

gram

not

e re

sear

ched

by

Mar

cus

L. N

eim

an

Med

ina,

Ohi

o

Add

ition

al in

form

atio

n on

eith

er th

e co

mpo

ser o

r com

posi

tion

wou

ld b

e w

elco

med

. P

leas

e se

nd

info

rmat

ion

to

mar

cusn

eim

an@

zoom

inte

rnet

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