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Renowned Persons

  Vincenzo Bellini, Senior
(1744-1829)
Nonno del compositore famoso, Vincenzo Bellini
Grandfather of the famous composer, Vincenzo Bellini
Albero di famiglia e più
Family tree, and moreCollegameni/Links:
Vincenzo Bellini, Biografia
Vincenzo Bellini, BiographyVincenzo Bellini Senior nacque a Torricella Peligna da Rosario e da Francesca Mancini.  Musicista vissuto nel secolo XVIII, apprezzato per gli oratorii sacri e le messe patronali, trasmise la sua passione per la musica al suo nipote Vincenzo Bellini, genio musicale di fama universale, nato a Catania il 3 di novembre 1801 e morto a Puteaux, presso Parigi, il 23 Settembre 1835.Vincenzo Bellini Senior was born in Torricella Peligna to Rosario Bellini and Francesca Mancini.  He was a musician who lived in the 18th century and was known for his oratorios (compositions for voices and orchestra, telling a sacred story) and patronal masses.  He transmitted his passion for music to his grandson, Vincenzo Bellini, the musical genius of universal renown, who was born in Catania on November 3, 1801, and died in Puteaux, near Paris, on September 23, 1835.
Silvio D’Amico Silvio D'Amico
(1887-1955)
Critico del teatro e fondatore dell’ Accademia di Arte DrammaticaTheater critic and founder of the Accademia di Arte Drammatica
Silvio D’Amico was a theatre critic,  journalist, theorist of Italian theater and the first editor of the nine volume Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo,  that covered theater, music, cinema, and dance. He held an eminent position in theatrical study in Italy, giving his name to the Silvio D’Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome, Italy’s most prestigious drama school.D’Amico was educated at Rome’s Massimiliano Massimo Institute. After graduating in law in 1911, he was appointed by the Ministry of Education to be the Directorate General for Antiquities and Fine Arts. In 1923, he became professor of theater history in the Royal School of Acting.Between 1925 to 1940 he directed dramatic criticism in the La Tribune newspaper. In 1935 he became the head of the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico which has taught many of Italy’s most successful actors. From 1945 to 1955  he was the critic of Il Tempo and a major contributor to the Teatro del Novecento encyclopedia.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Ettore Troilo

Brigata Majella, Fallascoso
Ettore Troilo
(10 aprile 1898 – 5 giugno 1974)
Comandante della Brigata Maiella, gli fu conferita la Medaglia d’Argento al Valore Militare. Diventò prefetto di Milano immediatamente dopo la guerra. Commander of the Maiella Brigade who was awarded the Silver Medal for Military Valor.. He became Prefect of Milano immediately after the warBrigata Maiella
Brigata Maiella [Maiella Brigade]Il più alto riconoscimento della città di Bologna
The highest recognition from the City of Bologna to the Brigata MaiellaRelazione sulla costituzione e sulle azioni militari svolte dai “Patrioti della Maiella”

In un libro la storia dell’avvocato che creò la Brigata Maiella
In a Book, the Story of the Lawyer who Created the Brigata Maiella (the Maiella Brigade).

È morta la vedova del generale Troilo
The Widow of General Troilo has Died.

Ettore Troilo, il prefetto di Milano, con Evita Peron nell’immediato dopoguerra.
Ettore Troilo, the prefect of Milan, with Evita Peron just after the war.

Omaggio ai Partigiani della Maiella – 5 agosto 2007  
Sacrario di Guerra della Brigata Maiella, Taranta Peligna

Tribute to the Maiella Partisans – 5 August 2007
Maiella Brigade War Shrine, Taranta Peligna –

Sulla Resistenza libri e tesi di laurea – 14 luglio 2008

L’Italia deve molto a Troilo – 14 luglio 2008

Torricella celebra Ettore Troilo – 13 luglio 2008

Commemorazione della Brigata Maiella – 13 luglio 2008
Commemoration of the Maiella Brigade – July 13th 2008

Nuovo libro (2009): Brigata Maiella. Ettore Troilo da Torricella a Milano – Romano Canosa, l’autore
New book in Italian (2009): Maiella Brigade. Ettore Troilo from Torricella to Milan – Romano Canosa, author

John Fante
(1909-1983)
Famoso autore e sceneggiatore italo-americano
Famous Italian-American author and screenwriterwww.john-fante.comJohn Fante (foto e biografia)
John Fante (photos and bio)La Biblioteca Fante a Torricella
The Fante Library in Torricella
I Fantiani di Torricella Peligna – Associazione Culturale
The John Fante Cultural Association of Torricella Peligna

Il Dio di Mio Padre – Festival Letterario dedicato a John Fante
The God of My Father – Literary Festival dedicated to John Fante

II edizione del festival letterario ‘Il Dio dio Mio Padre’ dedicato a John Fante
Resoconto di Giovanna Di Lello (direzione artistica)

Second Edition of the Literary Festival “Il Dio di Mio Padre” dedicated to John Fante
Summary by Giovanna Di Lello (Artistic Director)

Programma (Program) di festival 2007
Programma (Program) di festival 2006

il Centro: Raiz di Almamegretta racconta il suo rapporto con lo scrittore Fante,
vivere senza passaporto
il Centro: Raiz of Almamegretta tells about his relationship with the writer Fante,
living without a passport

Ask the Dust’, the movie based on John Fante’s novel, in the theaters 10 March 2006

NY Times Movie Review: ‘Ask the Dust’

La biblioteca dell’UCLA ha acquisito i documenti letterari di John Fante – 7 aprile 2009
UCLA Library acquires John Fante’s literary papers – April 7, 2009

Festival John Fante – Giovanna Di Lello, direttrice – Intervista televisiva – 7 maggio 2009
John Fante Festival – Giovanna Di Lello, director – TV Interview – May 7, 2009 (in Italian)

Fiera del Libro di Torino – Intervista televisiva – Giovanna Di Lello, diretttrice del festival John Fante, Tiziano Teti, sindaco, Carmine Ficca, assessore alla cultura – 9 giugno 2009
Turin Book Fair – TV Interview – Giovanna Di Lello, director of the John Fante Festival, Tiziano Teti, mayor, Carmine Ficca, councilperson – June 9, 2009 (in Italian)

“Silicon Alley” gira la zona squallida di Los Angeles – 31 luglio 2009 (in inglese)
Silicon Alley Tours LA’s Underbelly – July 31, 2009


John Fante Selected Letters 1932-1981,
Seamus Cooney (Ed), Paper Back,
Harper Perennial, June 1, 2002, 384 pp,
ISBN-13: 978-0876858318

Vincent Persichetti: Serenade #5, Op.43;
Symphony for Strings, Op.61:Symphony #8,

Louisville Orchestra, Audio CD (Mar 2005)
Vincent Ludwig Persichetti
(1915-1987)
[ -|- ]Persichetti, was prolific American composer, educator, theorist, pianist and conductor. His father  Vincenzo (b.1885) was a native of Torricella; his mother Martha Buch (b.1895) was born in Germany.Vincent was born in Philadelphia on June 6, 1915. His talent was apparent at an early age. By age five, he was enrolled in the Combs Conservatory where he studied piano, organ, double bass, theory and composition. After graduation he studied piano at the Curtis Institute of Music.During a career that spanned half a century, Persichetti wrote nine symphonies, chamber compositions for many different combinations of instruments, more than a dozen sonatas for piano and harpsichord, songs and choral works, an opera and an enormous quantity of music for wind band.Persichetti was associated with the Juilliard School in New York City for nearly 40 years. He joined the staff in 1947, and in 1963 became the chairman of the composition department.  He died in Philadelphia on August 15, 1987.

(Source: NY Times obituary)

Associazione Musicale Vincent Persichetti

Vincent Persichetti Family Tree

Traduzione a cura di Mirella Palizzi Piccone e Dan Aspromonte
Translation courtesy of Mirella Palizzi Piccone and Dan Aspromonte


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