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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi)
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1819 - 1908) - Versetti per organo
Of course, the hero of Italian liberation was not an organist!
But perharps our composer was a far cousin because at Cipressa, his birth village near San
Remo, Riviera, about a third of the families were named Garibaldi.
Our Giuseppe was born 1819 (his birth certificate has disappeared) and died at Cipressa
25/05/1908.
He ran a double life: well-off landowner and organist-pianist.
On Sunday morning he used to play organ in two neighbouring churches and conducted a
few singers.
In the afternoon and evening he would play dance music in marriages and balls. It is unlikely
that farm labour would hurt his hands.
He had a son, Giovanni Battista (1862-1938), who succeeded him as organist at Cipressa.