Alfonso Vinzenzo Giuseppe Gibilaro (28 September 1888, Porto Empedocle, Sicily – 5 January 1957, Wandsworth, London) was a pianist, opera coach and composer.: "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 David 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, ...": "In May 1916 Tita's sister Rosa had married Alfonso 'Fofo' Gibilaro, a Sicilian pianist, and they now had a daughter, Maria." Two of his compositions—an Ave Maria and a Sicilian dialect song entitled "Carrettieri"—were popularized by the interpretation and sound recordings made by the Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli for His Master's Voice.
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Fantasia on British Airs for oboe and strings, Oxford University Press Burlesque Serenade Menuet de la Poupie Rondo des Marionettes
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