Eduardo Marzo

Marzo was born in Naples, Italy on November 29, 1852, the son of Carlo Marzo, a journalist and author, and Angiola Bertolè-Viale. He first came to New York in 1867 as a boy pianist but returned to Italy to complete his studies. He studied with Guglielmo Nacciarone and Giorgio Miceli in Naples, and later completed his composition studies under Salvatore Pappalardo.^{[citation needed]}

Marzo permanently settled in the United States in 1869. For several years, he toured the country as a musical director of opera troupes and concert companies. He served as accompanist for a number of notable artists of the era, including Carlotta Patti, Giuseppe Mario, Tom Karle, Giorgio Ronconi, Ernest de Munck, Gaetano Braga, Louise Carey, Émile Sauret, and Pablo Sarasate.^[2]

In 1878, he established himself in New York City. Throughout his career, he held organist positions at several New York churches, including St. Agnes, All Saints', St. Vincent Ferrer, the Church of the Holy Name, and at the time of his death, the Church of the Holy Spirit in the Bronx.^[3]

Marzo was a composer whose works included:

• Fifteen masses
• Four vespers
• Over forty songs for Catholic services
• Anthems and songs for Protestant churches
• Orchestral preludes
• Piano pieces
• Secular songs and duets
• Operettas and cantatas for children's voices^[2]

He compiled several collections including:

• Songs of Italy (1904)
• Neapolitan Songs (1905)
• Dance Songs of the Nations (1908)
• Fifty Christmas Carols of all Nations (1923)
• Children's Carols (1925)
• Sixty Carols of all Nations (1928)

His pedagogical works included The Art of Vocalization (18 volumes, 1906) and Preparatory Course to the Art of Vocalization (1908). His collected works were published in twenty volumes (1870–1917).^{[citation needed]}