Alfonso Gibilaro - Wikiwand

BornSeptember 28, 1888

DiedJanuary 5, 1957 (aged 68)

OthernamesFofo, Fof

OccupationsPianist, composer

Alfonso Gibilaro, who was born on 28 September 1888^[1] in Porto Empedocle^[2] and who died on 5 January 1957^[1]^[where?], was a Sicilian pianist,^{[H 1]} opera coach^[2] and composer.^{[H 2]}^{[H 1]} Two of his masterpieces—an Ave Maria^{[H 3]} as well as a Sicilian dialect song entitled Carrettieri^{[H 4]}^[3]—were popularized by the interpretation and sound recordings made by the famous Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli on behalf of His Master's Voice.^[4]^{[H 3]}

Bibliography

1 2 David Lindsey Clark (1999). Appraisals of Original Wind Music: A Survey and Guide. Music reference collection. Vol. 77. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 517. ISBN 031330906X. ISSN 0736-7740. LCCN 98051908. Gibilaro, Alfonso. 1888-1967, référence R34
1 2 Robert Bagar, Louis Biancolli (1947). The Concert Companion. Tomaso Antonio Vitali. p. 809. Mr. Gibilaro, a pianist, composer, and opera coach, was born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily. In 1897, at the age of nine, he entered the Palermo Conservatory, where he was later a fellow pupil of Gino Marinuzzi. He came to London in 1911 and has since resided there. In 1916, he married John Barbirolli's sister Rosa. Mr. Gibilaro has several published compositions to his credit.
↑ Carrettieri -- Gigli (in Sicilian). Compositorum – via YouTube. BNF FRBNF13796590
↑ Alfonso Gibilaro : Ave Maria, sung by Beniamino Gigli on YouTube

1 2 Kennedy 1971, p. 31
In May 1916 Tita's sister Rosa had married Alfonso 'Fofo' Gibilaro, a Sicilian pianist, and they now had a daughter, Maria.
↑ Kennedy 1971, p. 32
The family were delighted by their new member, Rosie's pianist husband Alfonso Gibilaro.* He had left Palermo for England in pursuit of better opportunities. He began in a pier orchestra at Weston-super-Mare but soon went to London where he played at the Ritz and then became pianist for De Groot's famous orchestra at the Piccadilly Hotel. After their marriage he and Rosie stayed in Marchmont Street, and 'Fofo' or 'Fof,' as he was called by the family, learned the Venetian dialect. From the first Tita loved him, and since Rosie too was a pianist and sometimes played with her father at the Queen's - as did Tita on occasions - the musical camaraderie was consolidated. It was this close-knit circle that Tita left when he joined the Army. 52537 Private G. B. Barbirolli joined up on 2 February 1918, going first to Hounslow Barracks from Whitehall.
1 2 Gibilaro 1953
↑ Gibilaro 1949

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