Alfonso Gibilaro Explained

Alfonso Gibilaro
Birth Date:	28 September 1888
Nationality:	Sicilian
Other Names:	Fofo, Fof
Occupation:	Pianist, composer
Known For:	Ave Maria, Carrettieri
Notable Works:	Four Sicilian Miniatures

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

Works

• Book: Sicilian Wagoners. (Carrettieri) [Song.]]. Musical score, text in Sicilian dialect (English version included), alternative title: Four Sicilian Miniatures, No 3. Londres. Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. Carrettieri. 497489166. EP36559. April 27, 1949. 70.
• Book: la. EF0-2263253. Catalog of Copyright Entries. 3. 7. Ave_Maria. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. August 1953. Ave Maria. A setting for tenor or soprano solo with chorus, ad lib., score, with piano acc; includes part for optional chorus: TB or Smz. Alfonso Gibilaro. 105. Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.. https://books.google.com/books?id=KjAhAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alfonso+Gibilaro%22+%22Ave+Maria%22&pg=PA597. BNF FRBNF13796590
• Fantasia on British Airs for oboe and strings, published Oxford University Press
• Burlesque Serenade
• Menuet de la Poupie
• Rondo des Marionettes

Bibliography

• Book: en. Barbirolli, conductor laureate: the authorised biography. Michael Kennedy. MacGibbon & Kee. 1971. 75879781. Kennedy. 0261633368. 31, 32, 33, 146, 409. 2nd.

Notes and references

Bibliographical references

Notes and References

1. Book: en. David Lindsey Clark. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1999. Appraisals of Original Wind Music: A Survey and Guide. 77. 98051908. Music reference collection. 0736-7740. 031330906X. 517. Gibilaro, Alfonso. 1888-1967, référence R34.
2. Book: en. The Concert Companion. Robert Bagar, Louis Biancolli. 1947. 809. Tomaso Antonio Vitali. 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..
3. 
   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.
4. 
   In May 1916 Tita's sister Rosa had married Alfonso 'Fofo' Gibilaro, a Sicilian pianist, and they now had a daughter, Maria.
5. scn. Carrettieri -- Gigli . Compositorum . YouTube. BNF FRBNF13796590