Gioacchino Angelo was born on August 9, 1899 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He
studied violin with Franco Tufari at the Viuncenzo Bellini Conservatory, the center
of Palermo’s musical life and a florid nursery of musicians. Tufari was a
renowned professional who contributed to the development of chamber music with
Trio Siciliano and others.
Angelo became a composer of mainly classical music, from the 1940s to the
1960s he also composed for films. His main body of work consists of several
operas, ballets, symphonies and a Mass. He also conducted symphonic concerts
and recorded for classical labels.
Angelo scored three Euro-western scores in the mid-1960s which were
heavily influenced by American Westerns. “The Return of Clay Stone”, “Three
Dollars of Lead” (both 1964) and “Colorado Charlie” (1965)
Angelo died on October 14, 1971 in Ostia Lido, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Today we remember Gioacchino Angelo on what would have been his 115th
birthday.
Thank you for remembering my father.
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Thanks for posting Cinzia. Your father remains in the hearts of all Euro- western fans. He was a great composer and his memory will be kept alive.
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